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 ap·pa·nage /ˈæpənɪʤ/
 王子的封地;王子的俸祿

 Ap·pa·nage n.
 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.”
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 appanage
      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: apanage]
      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: apanage]