slovo | definícia |
apanage (encz) | apanage,apanáž Zdeněk Brož |
Apanage (gcide) | Apanage \Ap"an*age\, n.
Same as Appanage.
[1913 Webster] |
apanage (wn) | apanage
n 1: 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" [syn: appanage, apanage]
2: 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" [syn: appanage, apanage] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
apanage (encz) | apanage,apanáž Zdeněk Brož |
apanage (wn) | apanage
n 1: 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" [syn: appanage, apanage]
2: 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" [syn: appanage, apanage] |
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