Appanage

[æpәnidʒ]

解释:

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) 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'.

手打:威利--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.

(n.) A dependency; a dependent territory.

(n.) That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment.

编辑:西尔维亚

解释:

n. the assignation or conveyance by the crown of lands and feudal rights to the princes of the royal family a provision for younger sons a dependency: any perquisite: an adjunct or attribute.—p.adj. Ap′panaged endowed with an appanage.

校对:维多利亚