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1. (n.) appanage
land or some other source of revenue assigned for the maintenance of a member of a royal family.
2. appanage
whatever belongs rightfully or appropriately to one's rank or station in life.
3. appanage
a natural or necessary accompaniment; adjunct.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < MF, OF apanage=apan(er) to endow with a maintenance < ML appānāre=ap-1+pānis bread)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) appanage, apanage
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. (noun) appanage, apanage
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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) appanage
the portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons
2. (noun) appanage
a dependency; a dependent territory
3. (noun) appanage
that which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment
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