RhymeZone: appanage definitions

Definitions of appanage:

noun: a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family
Example: "Bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families"
noun: any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
Example: "For thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use"