appanage

Example Sentences

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But that risk is really remote, since the great desk and chair are the natural appanage of the Master of the "Hundred"; it will not be usual for anyone else to trespass upon that prerogative.

From In Jeopardy by Sutphen, Van Tassel

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

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

From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva

But the Abbey of Vlaye is still our appanage.

From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.

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