apanage

英 ['æpənɪdʒ] 美

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"

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"