appanage
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English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From French apanage, from Latin *appanare, adpanare ‘to give bread’.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈæpənɪdʒ/
Noun [edit]
appanage (plural appanages)
- A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright
- A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position
