apanage Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
appanage.
- for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use
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noun a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family
appanage.
- bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families
WordNet
Ap"an*age noun
Definitions
Same as Appanage .