APPANAGE

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

Noun

appanage (plural appanages)

Alternative form of apanage

Verb

appanage (third-person singular simple present appanages, present participle appanaging, simple past and past participle appanaged)

Alternative form of apanage

Source: Wiktionary

Ap"pa*nage, n. Etym: [F. apanage, fr. OF. apaner to nourish, support, fr. LL. apanare to furnish with bread, to provision; L. ad + pains bread.]

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

2. A dependency; a dependent territory.

3. That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment. "Wealth . . . the appanage of wit." Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition