appanage

Example Sentences

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A prince to whom an appanage has been granted.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

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

The new member of the ruling House would waive all claim to an appanage.

From Royal Highness by Mann, Thomas

The unsettled dispute about the appanage had been aggravated by the struggle over their mother's will.

From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva

Men had no desire to see the English Crown become an appanage for the heir to the French monarchy.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward