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

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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

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Ap"an*age, n.

Definition: Same as Appanage.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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