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Apanage

Apanage Meaning & Definition
Apanage Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Apanage?

[n] 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"
[n] 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Apanage: appanage

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See Also | assignment | fringe benefit | grant | perk | perquisite

Apanage In Webster's Dictionary

\Ap"an*age\, n. Same as {Appanage}.

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