Quick definitions from WordNet (appanage)
▸ 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")
▸ 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")
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▸ 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")
▸ 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")
▸ Also see appanages
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to appanage
▸ Usage examples for appanage
▸ Idioms related to appanage (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing appanage
▸ Words that often appear near appanage
▸ Rhymes of appanage
▸ Invented words related to appanage