apanage

n. adjunct, natural attachment; rightful possession; provision for the subsistence of royal descendants (as in land, regular income, etc.)

The word apanage or appanage stems from the Late Latin apanare meaning "to give bread" (panem, compare the French court title Grand panetier), a pars pro toto for food and other necessities, hence for a "subsistence" income, notably in kind, as from assigned land. The system of appanage has greatly influenced the territorial construction of France and explains the flag of many provinces of France.
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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"
(synonym) appanage
(hypernym) fringe benefit, perquisite, perk
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"
(synonym) appanage
(hypernym) grant, assignment

n. apanage, adjunct, natural attachment; rightful possession; provision for the subsistence of royal descendants

n. apanage, provision for the subsistence of royal descendants (as in land, regular income, etc.); natural attachment