Definitions:

1. a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family noun
   • bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families
2. any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life noun
   • for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use

Synonyms:

• apanage