appanage

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

From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva

The last appanage known in France was that enjoyed by the house of Orleans.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

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

It was made an independent comt� of itself in 1569, and in 1663 became definitely an appanage of Orleans.

From Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

His glory is the property of no party or opinion; it is the appanage and inheritance of all.

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