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appanage

/'æpənɪdʒ/

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noun
any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
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"for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use"

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apanage

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fringe benefit perk perquisite
noun
a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family
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"bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families"

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apanage

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assignment grant

Examples of appanage

"for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use"
"bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families"