appanage
(noun)
noun
1. 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
Similar word(s): apanage
Definition categories: possession, perk, perquisite
2. 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
Similar word(s): apanage
Definition categories: possession, assignment, grant