1. A provision (such as land, title, or income) granted by a ruler to a member of the royal family, typically a younger son.
Usage: historical; plural form of appanage
2. A natural accompaniment or attribute; something that belongs to or is associated with a person or thing.
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The king distributed appanages to his younger sons to ensure their financial security.
• Medieval European monarchs often granted appanages as a way to maintain family loyalty.
• Wealth and influence became the appanages of the nobility.
• The appanages of office included a private secretary and a company car.
• Education and opportunity are appanages that should be available to all children.
• The prince received substantial appanages from the royal treasury.