Both Uses
prerogative
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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- The grandeur of houses is assured by the integrity of prerogatives.†
Chpt 2.10.5 *
- put out his tongue, shook his head, made a grimace, and in the very midst of these affectations,— "Pardieu, sire," he suddenly said, "I must tell you that there is a receivership of the royal prerogatives vacant, and that I have a nephew."†
Chpt 2.10.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(prerogative) a right reserved exclusively for a particular person or group
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)