apanage
Americannoun
noun
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The word apanage is still employed in this sense in French official texts of some Customs; but it was in old public law that it received its definite meaning and importance.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
"D'you think she'll remain your apanage now?" he asked, with a hint of smiling sarcasm that could not hurt her.
From In the Wilderness by Hichens, Robert Smythe
Nor must we pass by the proof, which the journey of the Chinese travellers affords, that, what may be called missionary zeal is not an apanage of Christianity alone.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas
Thus the kings in granting a duchy or countship as an apanage to their brothers or sons used the phrase in comitatum et baroniam.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
In consequence of this perfection, gourmandise is the exclusive apanage of man.
From The Physiology of Taste by Robinson, Fayette
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