A right or privilege exclusive to a particular person or group.
Prerogative
Fact of the Day
In 1621, a peer spent £3,000 on one day's meals.
Quote of the Day
"He so beautified the city [Rome] that he justly boasted that he found it brick and left it marble.
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~ Suetonius on Augustus
On This Day
1787 The 'First Fleet' of 11 ships carrying convicts to Australia left England.
1888 Slavery was abolished in Brazil.