appanage, apanage
(noun) 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”
appanage, apanage
(noun) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
apanage (plural apanages)
A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright.
apanage (third-person singular simple present apanages, present participle apanaging, simple past and past participle apanaged)
(transitive) To confer an apanage upon.
• Pangaea, Pangæa
Source: Wiktionary
Ap"an*age, n.
Definition: Same as Appanage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 March 2025
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
