Apanage

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæpÉ™nɪdÊ’/

Alternative forms

• appanage

Origin

From French apanage, from Latin *appanare, adpanare ("to give bread"), from pānis ("bread").

Full definition of apanage

Noun

1. A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright.
• 1942: they suspected that Peter II was only waiting till he had saved enough of his apanage to run away to some more civilized country. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 1046)
2. A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position.

Anagrams

• Pangaea, Pangæa