appanage

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But the Abbey of Vlaye is still our appanage.

From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.

Although the hereditary title of Count was the appanage of this rank, he never took it up.

From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by Smith, G. Barnett

Hitherto it has been almost the exclusive appanage of conquerors; but one preceding poet was universally called the Great Corneille, and henceforth we shall say the Great Victor Hugo.

From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by Smith, G. Barnett

For the internal regulation of the conscience it had erected the institution of auricular confession, which by this time had become almost the exclusive appanage of the priesthood.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles

In very few cases in all the world and in all ages has it happened that intellectual distinction has been the appanage of one family for as many generations as in that of the Guarini.

From The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes by Various