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appanage, apanage(noun)

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"

appanage, apanage(noun)

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"

something granted as a special favor

use of the grounds was just one appanage he bestowed upon the caretakers of his estate

something to which one has a just claim

wealthy people who believe that political power is their natural appanage

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