appanages

variants also apanages
plural of appanage
1
as in privileges
something granted as a special favor use of the grounds was just one appanage he bestowed upon the caretakers of his estate

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2
as in rights
something to which one has a just claim wealthy people who believe that political power is their natural appanage

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Noun
  • Serving as President of the Directors Guild of America has been one of the greatest privileges of my professional life.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Pike settled her lawsuit in 2024 and gained more privileges, ending her de facto solitary confinement.
    Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Breaking Artists For The Long Term Few issues galvanize executives today as much as preserving artists’ and songwriters’ rights in the digital era and the challenge of breaking new music and acts in the midst of a flurry of releases.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the activist who championed transgender rights and protested in the historic Stonewall rebellion that galvanized the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement, has died.
    Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Not all Republicans agreed, but their bleats of complaint hardly suggested a Congress that had finally found the moment to reassert its institutional prerogatives.
    Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The Irvine Company dealt underperforming assets and exercised their own strategic prerogatives.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Appanages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appanages. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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