appanage

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But since that time the custome hath been strongly stablished, that the kingdome passeth entirely to the eldest sonne, and possessions are assigned to the rest vnder the name of Appanage.

From The Lives of the III Normans, Kings of England: William the First, William the Second, Henrie the First by Hayward, John

In olden times, previous to the Tatar dominion, Russia passed through the so-called Appanage Period of Separate Principalities, when the Empire was actually partitioned.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 by Various

It was enough for him that an Appanage of Royalty had said that some day, perhaps, he would give him his gold cap.

From Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children by Hawthorne, Julian

Appanage of time put in your keeping For my far-off heritor to hear.

From Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen by Meteyard, Thomas Buford

Why else did my mother wash the King's stocking; or the Appanage of Royalty promise me the cap?'

From Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children by Hawthorne, Julian