appanage

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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 Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

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

When Napoleon finds his brother obdurate he makes Eug�ne Prince of Venice, and his eldest daughter Princess of Bologna, with a large appanage.

From Napoleon's Letters to Josephine by Hall, Henry Foljambe

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

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

From Royal Highness by Mann, Thomas