appanage (redirected from appanages)

ap·pa·nage also ap·a·nage  (p-nj)

n.

1. A source of revenue, such as land, given by a sovereign for the maintenance of a member of the ruling family.

2. 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.

3. A rightful or customary accompaniment or adjunct.

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[French apanage, from Old French, from apaner, to make provisions for, possibly from Medieval Latin appnre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin pnis, bread; see p- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	appanage - 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" apanage fringe benefit, perk, perquisite - an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right); "a limousine is one of the fringe benefits of the job"
	2.	appanage - 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" apanage grant, assignment - (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance