appanage
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The continent was an appanage of his crown; it did not form an integral part of Spain; America and Spain were connected solely through their common allegiance to him.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson
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
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
However, it is evident from the letters of appanage, dated April 1771, in favour of the count of Provence, how many functions of public authority an appanaged person still held.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
Francis died on the 10th of June 1584, and the vacant appanage definitively became part of the royal domain.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
