appanage

appanage is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.
2. noun. A dependency; a dependent territory.
3. noun. That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment.
4. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: apanage

5. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: apanage

Synonyms

apanage

Common word forms

appanaged, appanages, appanaging

Words from these letters

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