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Defenition of the word apanage

    • Defenition of the word apanage

      • a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family
      • any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
      • 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"
      • 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"

    Synonyms for the word apanage

      • appanage

    Hypernyms for the word apanage

      • assignment
      • fringe benefit
      • grant
      • perk
      • perquisite

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