APANAGE - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Noun

a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family

Example: bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families

Part of speech: Noun

any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life

Example: for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use

The word "apanage" was borrowed from French apanage.

For 300 years after 1066, French was the language of English courts and nobility.