appanage[noun]Synonyms: right, birthright, perquisite, prerogative, privilege
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ap·pa·nage also
ap·a·nage (ăp
ə-nĭj)
n.► A source of revenue, such as land, given by a sovereign for the maintenance of a member of the ruling family.
► Something extra offered to or claimed by a party as due; a perquisite:
The leaders of the opposition party agreed to accept another government's appanages, and in doing so became an officially paid agency of a foreign power.► A rightful or customary accompaniment or adjunct.
[TahlilGaran] American Dictionary ▲
appanage [French
apanage, from Old French, from
apaner,
to make provisions for, possibly from Medieval Latin
appānāre : Latin
ad-,
ad- + Latin
pānis,
bread; see
pā- in Indo-European Roots.]
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