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appanage

or ··Բ

[ ap-uh-nij ]

noun

  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.


appanage

/ ˈæəɪ /

noun

  1. land or other provision granted by a king for the support of a member of the royal family, esp a younger son
  2. a natural or customary accompaniment or perquisite, as to a job or position
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of appanage1

1595–1605; < Middle French, Old French apanage, apeinaige, equivalent to apan ( er ) to endow (a younger son or daughter) with a maintenance (< Medieval Latin ; ap- ap- 1 + -, verbal derivative of Latin Ծ bread; compare Old Provençal apanar to nourish) + -age -age
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of appanage1

C17: from Old French, from Medieval Latin 岵ܳ, from to provide for, from Latin Ծ bread
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For the internal regulation of the conscience it had erected the institution of auricular confession, which by this time had become almost the exclusive appanage of the priesthood.

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The unsettled dispute about the appanage had been aggravated by the struggle over their mother's will.

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The Romans retained it for as long a period as the Phœnicians; and after being ravaged by Goths and Vandals, it was for three and a half centuries an appanage of the crown of Byzantium.

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A prince to whom an appanage has been granted.

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Dunois reconquered for them their hereditary rights, the extensive appanages of the house of Orleans.

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