English dictionary

appanage

/'/&/p/@/n/I//dZ/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life

noun.possession

Examples
For thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use.

Synonyms apanage

Source: WordNet 3.0
a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family

noun.possession

Examples
Bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families.

Source: WordNet 3.0
The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.

noun

Source: webster1913