apanage

Noun
  1. Any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life (synset 113319310)
    "for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use"
    is a type of: fringe benefit, perk, perquisite - an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
    same as: appanage
  2. A grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family (synset 113275342)
    "bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families"
    is a type of: assignment, grant - (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
    same as: appanage

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