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apanage

noun

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Senses

Sense 1 noun

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

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Sense 2 noun

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

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SenseRelationGroupWord
1 hypernym Types & categories perquisite
2 hypernym Types & categories grant