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Webster 1913 Edition
Appanage
Ap′pa-nage
,Noun.
[F.
apanage
, fr. OF. apaner
to nourish, support, fr. LL. apanare
to furnish with bread, to provision; L. ad
+ pains
bread.] 1.
The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.
2.
A dependency; a dependent territory.
3.
That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment.
“Wealth . . . the appanage of wit.” Swift.
Webster 1828 Edition
Appanage
AP'PANAGE
,Noun.
1.
Lands appropriated by a prince to the maintenance of his younger sons, as their patrimony; but on condition of the failure of male offspring, they were to revert to the donor or his heir. From the appanage it was customary for the sons to take their surnames.2.
Sustenance; means of nourishing.Wealth - the appanage of wit.