1. appanage - Noun
2. appanage - Verb
The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.
A dependency; a dependent territory.
That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment.
Source: Webster's dictionaryImagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men. George Henry Lewes
bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families Source: Internet
for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use Source: Internet
A prince with the rank of fils de France (Son of France) is surnamed "de France"; all the male-line descendants of each fils de France, however, took his main title (whether an appanage or a courtesy title ) as their family or last name. Source: Internet
Gruffydd was given an appanage in Meirionnydd and Ardudwy but his rule was said to be oppressive, and in 1221 Llywelyn stripped him of these territories. Source: Internet
However that may be, on the death of the latter (10 July 1480) he again added Anjou to the royal domain.sfn Later, King Francis I again gave the duchy as an appanage to his mother, Louise of Savoy, by letters patent of 4 February 1515. Source: Internet