appanage

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva

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

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