apanage

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Definition of apanage in English English dictionary

A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position

A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright

any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life; "for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use"

a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family; "bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families"

Same as Appanage

A perquisite that is appropriate to ones position

{i} adjunct, natural attachment; rightful possession; provision for the subsistence of royal descendants (as in land, regular income, etc.)

Hyphenation

ap·a·nage

Etymology

() From French apanage, from Latin *appanare, adpanare (“to give bread”).