apanage [
'æpənɪdʒ]
n. 封地, 属地
apanage[ noun ]- any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
<noun.possession>
for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use
- a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family
<noun.possession>
bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families
Apanage \Ap"an*age\, n.
Same as {Appanage}.