apanage
French → English
(trait) Prerogative: a characteristic or privilege that is unique to a person or thing
La culture est demeurée longtemps l'apanage d’une classe privilégiée.
(English) Culture remained for a long time the prerogative of a privileged class.
La tolérance est l’apanage de l’humanité civilisée.
(English) Tolerance is the hallmark of civilized humanity.
(history) Appanage: land or income given by a sovereign to younger royal children
Les filles du roi étaient souvent exclues des apanages territoriaux.
(English) The king's daughters were often excluded from territorial appanages.
Louis XI donna un digne apanage à son frère en Guyenne.
(English) Louis XI gave a worthy appanage to his brother in Guyenne.
Entry ID: fr:en:apanage · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary