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Definition of 'appanage'

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appanage in British

or apanage (ˈæpənɪdʒ )
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
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Word origin of 'appanage'
C17: from Old French, from Medieval Latin appānāgium, from appānāre to provide for, from Latin pānis bread
Word Frequency

appanage in American

(ˈæpəˌnɪdʒ ; apˈənijˌ)
noun
1. 
money, land, etc. granted by a monarch for the support of his younger children
2. 
a person's rightful extra gain; perquisite
3. 
an accompanying endowment; adjunct
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin of 'appanage'
Fr apanage < ML appanagium < appanare, equip, lit., provide with bread < L ad-, to + panis, bread: see food

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