appanage

/ap-uh-nij/US // ˈæp ə nɪdʒ //UK // (ˈæpənɪdʒ) //

阑珊,阑干,阑尾,阑尾炎

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : land or some other source of revenue assigned for the maintenance of a member of the family of a ruling house.
- : whatever belongs rightfully or appropriately to one's rank or station in life.
- : a natural or necessary accompaniment; adjunct.

nounendowment

Synonyms

Antonyms

Austria had another appanage whose people cared little for the prestige of their foreign kings and much for their own liberties.
The most interesting feature of Langkor is an ancient temple, an appanage of the great Drophung monastery of Lhasa.
She will receive an appanage of twenty-five thousand gulden a year.
Kew had existed for long as a Royal Appanage before it was handed over to the Nation.
Adams had long ago hoisted the British flag and constituted his island an appanage of the British crown.