appanage

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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

As if loveliness were not the special prerogative of woman—her legitimate appanage and heritage! — Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, Charlotte Brontë
The new member of the ruling House would waive all claim to an appanage. — Royal Highness, Thomas Mann
On the road beyond Charlton saw a small cottage said to have been the heritable appanage of a family called the Keays [?]. — The Journal of Sir Walter Scott: From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford, Walter Scott

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