appanage

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He has an appanage, or territory, assigned to him to "eat," like other princes of the Empire.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various

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)

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

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

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