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   appanage

   /ˈapənɪdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. a provision made for the maintenance of the younger children of kings and princes, consisting of a gift of land, an official position, or money.
   • ▪ a benefit or right belonging to someone; a perquisite: "the appanages of her rank"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French, based on medieval Latin appanare ‘provide with the means of subsistence’, from ad- ‘to’ + panis ‘bread’.

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