English to English noun
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any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life |  | Example: for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use
source: wordnet30
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a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family |  | Example: bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families
source: wordnet30
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The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons. |  | source: webster1913
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