appanage

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In Tuscany, an appanage of Austria, reform bounded along.

From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight

A systematic appeal to the deeper powers in man—conceived with the generality with which I have here conceived it—cannot remain a mere appanage of medical practice.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

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

Something more is required to compose a work such as "Faust"; that something which is the appanage of but few composers, and which is known as "individuality."

From Masters of French Music by Hervey, Arthur

Formerly an appanage of the earldom of Ross, Gairloch has belonged to the Mackenzies since the end of the 15th century.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various