About The Word Appanage
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Appanage
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What's The Definition Of Appanage?
[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 Appanage: apanage Related Terms | Find terms related to Appanage: accession | accessories | accessory | accompaniment | addenda | addendum | additament | addition | additive | additory | additum | adjunct | adjuvant | annex | annexation | appanages | appendage | appendages | appendant | appointments | appurtenance | appurtenances | appurtenant | attachment | augment | augmentation | belongings | birthright | choses | choses in action | choses in possession | choses local | choses transitory | coda | complement | concomitant | continuation | corollary | dot | dower | dowry | endowment | extension | extrapolation | fixture | foundation | increase | increment | investment | jointure | legal jointure | marriage portion | material things | movables | offshoot | paraphernalia | pendant | perquisite | perquisites | personal effects | portion | prerogative | privilege | reinforcement | settlement | side effect | side issue | supplement | tailpiece | things | thirds | trappings | undergirding See Also | assignment | fringe benefit | grant | perk | perquisite Appanage In Webster's Dictionary \Ap"pa*nage\, n. [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.
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