apanage, n.
(apanages)
(apanages)
a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family
<noun.possession>
apanage appanage
sample sentences
"bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families"
semantic pointers
hypernym
any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
<noun.possession>
apanage appanage
sample sentences
"for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use"
semantic pointers
hypernym