appanage

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In 1237 Artois, which was raised to a countship the following year, was conferred as an appanage by Saint Louis on his brother 699 Robert, who died on crusade in 1250.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

Although the hereditary title of Count was the appanage of this rank, he never took it up.

From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by Smith, G. Barnett

In very few cases in all the world and in all ages has it happened that intellectual distinction has been the appanage of one family for as many generations as in that of the Guarini.

From The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes by Various

Napoleon's sword has sliced off the continent—France, Holland, Spain, Italy, Prussia—and his fork is dug spitefully into Hanover, which was then an appanage of the British crown.

From The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature by Cooper, Frederic Taber

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