Associations to the word «Appanage»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
APPANAGE, noun. A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright
APPANAGE, noun. A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position
Dictionary definition
APPANAGE, 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".
APPANAGE, 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".
Wise words
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues,
and can moderate their desires more than their words.