Dictionary Check: appanage

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"appanage" is a valid word!

Scrabble 13 points

Words with Friends 17 points

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"

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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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