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apanage

英 ['æpənɪdʒ] 美
  • n. 属地;封地

英英释意


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"
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"