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Definition of Appanages
1. appanage [n] - See also: appanage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Appanages
Literary usage of Appanages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest by Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland (1872)
"... Will! mi-- H.> contemptuous neglect of it—Princess receives I of disrespect
from the king—She instigates parliamentary inquiry on f the appanages of thr ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1875)
"... rank of generalissimo, an^J that the other sons of the Sultan should keep
their appanages, the high offices of state they hold, and their own palaces. ..."
3. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1899)
"It is remarkable that the epoch of appanages on so great a scale was the reign
of St. Louis, whose efforts were constantly directed against feudal ..."
4. A Short History of Russia by Mary Platt Parmele (1900)
"... divided them among the three, he introduced a vicious system which was to
become a fatal source of weakness. This is known as the system of appanages. ..."
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