Apanage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈæpənɪd͡ʒ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Apanage is a noun meaning A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position; an accompaniment.
Meaning
A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position; an accompaniment.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To confer an apanage upon.
- (historical) A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright.
Example Sentences
Well, prince, Genoa and Lucca are now nothing more than the apanages, than the private property of the Bonaparte family.
they suspected that Peter II was only waiting till he had saved enough of his apanage to run away to some more civilized country.
For, though I don't very much want books and opera and etchings and wines and liqueurs—still, if I want them I can have them at any moment. And that sense of security is worth more than a thousand of the temperamental ecstasies and agonies that are the appanage of hard-up youth.
Word Forms
- apanages
- apanaging
- apanaged
Synonyms for apanage
Depending on context, synonyms include appanage.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include appanage, appenage, acquest, advancement, pronoia, aubaine.
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