Dictionary Check: apanage
"apanage" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
noun
any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
Example:
"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
Example:
"bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families"
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