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Definitions for Appanage
[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.
[4] land or other provision granted by a king for the support of a member of the royal family, esp a younger son
[5] a natural or customary accompaniment or perquisite, as to a job or position
Words related to Appanage
privilege, adjunct, right, prerogative, perquisite
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Origin of Appanage
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
Word origin for Appanage
C17: from Old French, from Medieval Latin appānāgium, from appānāre to provide for, from Latin pānis bread