apanage

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
  2. noun a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family

Etymology

From French apanage, from Latin *appanare, adpanare (“to give bread”), from pānis (“bread”).

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