apanage

noun
/ˈæpənɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From French apanage, from Latin *appanare, adpanare (“to give bread”), from pānis (“bread”).

  1. borrowed from apanage

Definitions

  1. A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright.

    • Well, prince, Genoa and Lucca are now nothing more than the apanages, than the private property of the Bonaparte family.
    • they suspected that Peter II was only waiting till he had saved enough of his apanage to run away to some more civilized country.
  2. A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position

    A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position; an accompaniment.

  3. To confer an apanage upon.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA