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Main Entry:: ap·pa·nage
Variant(s):: also a·pa·nage \ˈa-pə-nij\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: French apanage, from Old French, from apaner to provide for a younger offspring, from Medieval Latin appanare, from Latin ad- + panis bread — more at food
Date:: 1602

1 a: a grant (as of land or revenue) made by a sovereign or a legislative body to a dependent member of the royal family or a principal vassal b: a property or privilege appropriated to or by a person as something due2: a rightful endowment or adjunct

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