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 apanage
 屬地

 Ap·an·age, n. Same as Appanage.
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 apanage
      n 1: 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" [syn: appanage]
      2: 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" [syn: appanage]