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Definitions for apanage
ˈæp ə nɪdʒapanage

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. appanage, apanagenoun

    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"

  2. appanage, apanagenoun

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. apanagenoun

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

  2. apanagenoun

    A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position.

  3. Etymology: From apanage, from *, adpanare.

Wikipedia

  1. apanage

    An appanage, or apanage (; French: apanage [a.pa.naʒ]), is the grant of an estate, title, office or other thing of value to a younger child of a sovereign, who would otherwise have no inheritance under the system of primogeniture. It was common in much of Europe. The system of appanage greatly influenced the territorial construction of France and the German states and explains why many of the former provinces of France had coats of arms which were modified versions of the king's arms.

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  1. apanage

    An apanage is a grant, especially of land or income, given by a monarch or state as a provision for a member of the royal family, typically a younger son. It's often given in lieu of a share in the succession of a royal or noble property or domain. The term comes from the French "apanage".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Apanagenoun

    same as Appanage

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Apanage

    See Appanage.

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  1. Pangaea

  2. Pangæa

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of apanage in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of apanage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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