APANAGE
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
Etymology
Noun
apanage (plural apanages)
A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright.
Verb
apanage (third-person singular simple present apanages, present participle apanaging, simple past and past participle apanaged)
(transitive) To confer an apanage upon.
Anagrams
• Pangaea, Pangæa
Source: Wiktionary
Ap"an*age, n.
Definition: Same as Appanage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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