apanage – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
apanage
n.
adjunct, natural attachment; rightful possession; provision for the subsistence of royal descendants (as in land, regular income, etc.)
Appanage
An
appanage or
apanage (pronounced ) or is the grant of an estate, title, office, or other thing of value to a younger male child of a sovereign, who would otherwise have no inheritance under the system of
primogeniture. It was common in much of Europe.
apanage
Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) appanage
(hypernym) fringe benefit, perquisite, perk
2. 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"
(synonym) appanage
(hypernym) grant, assignment
Apanage (die)
nf.
apanage, adjunct, natural attachment; rightful possession; provision for the subsistence of royal descendants
apanage
nm.
apanage, provision for the subsistence of royal descendants (as in land, regular income, etc.); natural attachment
