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

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Appanage
An apanage or appanage (pronounced ) or is the grant of an estate, titles, offices, or other things of value to the younger male children of a sovereign, who would otherwise have no inheritance under the system of primogeniture. It was common in much of Europe.

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appanage
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) apanage
(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) apanage
(hypernym) grant, assignment


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Appanage
(n.)
The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.
  
 
(n.)
That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment.
  
 
(n.)
A dependency; a dependent territory.
  

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appanage
n.
مشاہرہ يا جاگير , جو بادشاہ اپنے نابالغ بچوں کے واسطے مقرر کرديتے ہيں

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