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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 -
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
How To Use apanage In A Sentence
- When in 1254 he created an apanage for his eldest son, Edward, two of its principal components were the lordship of Ireland and the earldom of Chester, within which was comprised several Welsh lordships.
- In consequence of this perfection, gourmandise is the exclusive apanage of man. The physiology of taste; or Transcendental gastronomy. Illustrated by anecdotes of distinguished artists and statesmen of both continents by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Translated from the last Paris edition by Fayette Robinson.
- Thus the kings in granting a duchy or countship as an apanage to their brothers or sons used the phrase _in comitatum et baroniam_. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
- D'you think she'll remain your apanage now?" he asked, with a hint of smiling sarcasm that could not hurt her. In the Wilderness
- Execute apanage management, unit autonomy of responsible, dweller, community serves mode.
- -- all his doubts and perplexities resolved themselves at once, as by some enchantment, into a lovely, unexpected chord of extreme simplicity; and Martia was gently but firmly put aside, and the divine Julia quietly relegated to the gilded throne which was her fit and proper apanage. The Martian
- Instead of the possession of these lands being regarded as the apanage of the spiritual office, the acceptance of episcopal consecration was looked upon as the special condition or service upon which these lands were held from the king. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
- This breed has been preserved in its purity by the successive Dukes of Newcastle, and may be considered as an aristocratic apanage to their country seats. Anecdotes of Dogs
- Perhaps the only reform he will have to consider in the future is how far down the line the apanage of Royal Highness will continue, for the King's family is a large one and growing steadily!
- Thus the kings in granting a duchy or countship as an apanage to their brothers or sons used the phrase _in comitatum et baroniam_. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
