appanage

appanage读音音标

英[\\\'æpənɪdʒ]

美[\\\'æpənɪdʒ]

基本意思释义

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\"