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appanage
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Appanage
(gcide) | Appanage \Ap"pa*nage\, n. [F. apanage, fr. OF. apaner to
nourish, support, fr. LL. apanare to furnish with bread, to
provision; L. ad + pains bread.]
1. The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the
subsistence of his younger sons.
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2. A dependency; a dependent territory.
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3. That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural
adjunct or accompaniment. "Wealth . . . the appanage of
wit." --Swift.
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appanage
(wn) | appanage
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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Appanage
(gcide) | Appanage \Ap"pa*nage\, n. [F. apanage, fr. OF. apaner to
nourish, support, fr. LL. apanare to furnish with bread, to
provision; L. ad + pains bread.]
1. The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the
subsistence of his younger sons.
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2. A dependency; a dependent territory.
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3. That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural
adjunct or accompaniment. "Wealth . . . the appanage of
wit." --Swift.
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