Definitions for appanage
ˈæp ə nɪdʒap·panage

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. appanagenoun

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

2. appanagenoun

   A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position

3. Etymology: From apanage, from *appanare, adpanare ‘to give bread’.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Appanagenoun

   Lands set apart by princes for the maintenance of their younger children.

   Etymology: appanagium, low Latin; probably from panis, bread.

   He became suitor for the earldom of Chester, a kind of appanage to Wales, and using to go to the king’s son. Francis Bacon.

   Had he thought it fit,
   That wealth should be the appanage of wit,
   The God of light could ne’er have been so blind,
   To deal it to the worst of human kind. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Appanage

   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. appanage

   An appanage is a grant, usually of land, made by a sovereign or government to a junior member of a royalty or noble family, historically intended to support them in a style befitting their status. The term can also refer to anything extra or beneficial that accompanies a larger or more significant possession or role.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Appanagenoun

   the portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons

2. Appanagenoun

   a dependency; a dependent territory

3. Appanagenoun

   that which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment

4. Etymology: [F. apanage, fr. OF. apaner to nourish, support, fr. LL. apanare to furnish with bread, to provision; L. ad + pains bread.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Appanage

   An appanage or apanage or French: apanage is the grant of an estate, titles, offices, or other things of value to the younger male children 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 has greatly influenced the territorial construction of France and the German states and explains the structure of the flags of many provinces of France. Appanage also describes the funds given by the state to certain royal families — the annual income, for instance, given to the Swedish and Danish Royal Families. For the Mongols, khubi refers to appanage in the Middle Ages.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Appanage

   Apanage, ap′pan-āj, n. the assignation or conveyance by the crown of lands and feudal rights to the princes of the royal family, a provision for younger sons, a dependency: any perquisite: an adjunct or attribute.—p.adj. Ap′panaged, endowed with an appanage. [Fr. apanage—L. ad, and pan-is, bread.]

Matched Categories

1. • Fringe Benefit
   • Grant

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of appanage in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of appanage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=appanage
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appanage
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=appanage
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appanage
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appanage
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=appanage
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=appanage