Associations to the word «Apanage»

APANAGE, noun. A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright.

APANAGE, noun. A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position.

APANAGE, 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".

APANAGE, 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".