appanage

英[\'æpənɪdʒ]
美[\'æpənɪdʒ]

基本释义

n.
(王,候或家臣的)封地,封禄

英英释义

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"

  • 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"

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