appanage or apanage

๐Ÿ“– Definitions

noun

1. An allowance given for the maintenance of a member of a royal family.

2. A perk associated with a job or a position.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Usage Examples

โ€œPM Mette Frederiksen will accordingly submit a motion to Parliament to enable the prince to continue receiving his appanage in his new home.โ€ Ben Hamilton; Prince Joachim Moving to the US; The Copenhagen Post (Denmark); Mar 17, 2023. โ€œWith a brilliant detachment that is anything but clinical -- the contradictory appanage of the true poet -- [Mahmoud Darwishโ€™s] lyrics are resolutely clear-eyed.โ€ Luis H.
Francia; Fortuneโ€™s Child; The Village Voice (New York); Jan 15, 2003.
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