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apanage - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'apanage' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Apanage [ n.]
- Same as Appanage.

Meaning of 'apanage' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . apanage [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family
Example in sentence:
  • bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families
Meaning (2):
- any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
Example in sentence:
  • for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use