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appanage::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | apanage |
| Type of | fringe benefit, perk, perquisite |
for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use.
appanage::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | apanage |
| Type of | assignment, grant |
bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families.
Examples of appanage
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The Simjurids received an appanage in the Kohistan region of eastern Khorasan.
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They became a part of the French royal demesne and a common appanage of the crown.
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The heir of the dynasty resided in Nitra, ruling the Principality of Nitra as an appanage.
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The appanage was given to Philippe, the brother of Louis XIV of France.
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Since the kheshig was personal appanage of a monarch, his successors did not inherit them.
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The whole city of Nippur appears to have been at that time merely an appanage of the temple.
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He would rule his grandfather's appanage after his father died.
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Kublai quickly came to his appanage in Hebei and ordered reforms.
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He in turn gave the Duchy in appanage to his son Charles, who became king as Charles V in 1364.
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- Any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life; "for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use"
- A grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family; "bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families"
- An apanage or appanage is the grant of an estate, titles, offices, or other things of value to the younger male children of a sovereign, who under the system of primogeniture would otherwise have no inheritance. The system was widespread in much of Europe.
- 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
- An allowance to the younger branches of a sovereign house from revenues of the country; hence, whatever falls to one from rank or station in life [F.- apanage]
