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 Edward Conybeare
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 F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
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 Arthur Hervey
The new member of the ruling House would waive all claim to an appanage.
From Royal Highness by Thomas Mann
He had put from him the dream of love and happiness, while love and happiness were the just appanage of his years; his ambitious plans left him no time to indulge in dreaming.
From No Surrender by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
