appanage

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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.

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

From Royal Highness by Mann, Thomas

This office existed in the German kingdom of Otto the Great, and about this time it appears to have become an appanage of the archbishopric of Mainz.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

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

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