appanage

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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

He has an appanage, or territory, assigned to him to "eat," like other princes of the Empire.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various

The Romans retained it for as long a period as the Phœnicians; and after being ravaged by Goths and Vandals, it was for three and a half centuries an appanage of the crown of Byzantium.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick

However, it is evident from the letters of appanage, dated April 1771, in favour of the count of Provence, how many functions of public authority an appanaged person still held.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

When Philibert succeeded to the dukedom after his father's death, his first act had been to give an appanage to his natural brother Ren�.

From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Tremayne, Eleanor E.