appanage English

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appanage

— noun 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

— noun 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

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appanage English » English

apanage

subvention

subsidy

paraphernalia

impedimenta

attribute