资料来源 : pyDict
王子的封地;王子的俸禄
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Appanage \Ap"pa*nage\, n. [F. apanage, fr. OF. apaner to
nourish, support, fr. LL. apanare to furnish with bread, to
provision; L. ad + pains bread.]
1. The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the
subsistence of his younger sons.
2. A dependency; a dependent territory.
资料来源 : WordNet®
appanage
n 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" [syn: {apanage}]
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" [syn: {apanage}]