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"
appanage 片语
片语
fief(Fief) (法、美)菲耶夫(人名)
feod封地;采邑
appanage 例句
英汉例句
a historical region and former province of southeast france bordering on italy. after 349 it became an appanage controlled by the eldest son of the king of france.