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appanage

or ap·a·nage

[ ap-uh-nij ]

noun

  1. land or some other source of revenue assigned for the maintenance of a member of the family of a ruling house.
  2. whatever belongs rightfully or appropriately to one's rank or station in life.
  3. a natural or necessary accompaniment; adjunct.


appanage

/ ˈæpənɪdʒ /

noun

  1. land or other provision granted by a king for the support of a member of the royal family, esp a younger son
  2. a natural or customary accompaniment or perquisite, as to a job or position
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of appanage1

1595–1605; < Middle French, Old French apanage, apeinaige, equivalent to apan ( er ) to endow (a younger son or daughter) with a maintenance (< Medieval Latin appānāre; ap- ap- 1 + -pānāre, verbal derivative of Latin pānis bread; compare Old Provençal apanar to nourish) + -age -age
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Word History and Origins

Origin of appanage1

C17: from Old French, from Medieval Latin appānāgium, from appānāre to provide for, from Latin pānis bread
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Example Sentences

Austria had another appanage whose people cared little for the prestige of their foreign kings and much for their own liberties.

The most interesting feature of Langkor is an ancient temple, an appanage of the great Drophung monastery of Lhasa.

She will receive an appanage of twenty-five thousand gulden a year.

Kew had existed for long as a Royal Appanage before it was handed over to the Nation.

Adams had long ago hoisted the British flag and constituted his island an appanage of the British crown.

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