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apanage

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The libertarian dream - free money and free dope - would be a nightmare for the target groups: expelled from society with an apanage without hope to ever come back.

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Quick take

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"

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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"

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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for apanage.

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"

See also: appanage

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"

See also: appanage

Example sentences

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The libertarian dream - free money and free dope - would be a nightmare for the target groups: expelled from society with an apanage without hope to ever come back.

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How do you use apanage in a sentence?

The libertarian dream - free money and free dope - would be a nightmare for the target groups: expelled from society with an apanage without hope to ever come back.

What does apanage mean?

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"

What part of speech is apanage?

apanage is commonly used as noun.