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appanage

ap·pa·nage

uncommon

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”
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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”
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