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appanage

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
appanage /ˈap(ə)nɪdʒ/ (also apanage)

▶noun

1 historical a provision made for the maintenance of the younger children of kings and princes.

2 archaic a benefit or right.

– origin C17: from Fr., based on med. L. appanare ‘provide with the means of subsistence’, from ad- ‘to’ + panis ‘bread’.

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