appanage meaning and definition

APPANAGE noun

Definition of appanage (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"
   • synonyms: apanage
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"
   • synonyms: apanage