appanage

appanage has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.
• n.. A dependency; a dependent territory.
• n.. That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment.
• n.. a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family; "bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families"
• n.. any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life; "for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use"