Appanage

Appanage
♦ A large land grant by a ruler to a member of his family. Usually not hereditary. Holder usually had rights of internal administration and local tax revenue but owed military service to his superior and was allowed no independence in foreign affairs.
(Fine, John V.A. Jr. The Late Medieval Balkans, 621)
Related terms: Apange

Medieval glossary. 2014.

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  • Appanage — Ap pa*nage, n. [F. apanage, fr. OF. apaner to nourish, support, fr. LL. apanare to furnish with bread, to provision; L. ad + pains bread.] 1. The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • appanage — index addendum, adjunct, appurtenance, codicil, dower, grant, inheritance Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …   Law dictionary

  • appanage — (n.) c.1600, from Fr. apanage (13c.), from apaner to endow with means of subsistence, from M.L. appanare equip with bread, from ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + panis bread (see FOOD (Cf. food)). Originally, provisions made for younger children of… …   Etymology dictionary

  • appanage — prerogative, privilege, perquisite, birthright, *right …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • appanage — [ap′ə nij΄] n. [Fr apanage < ML appanagium < appanare, equip, lit., provide with bread < L ad , to + panis, bread: see FOOD] 1. money, land, etc. granted by a monarch for the support of his younger children 2. a person s rightful extra… …   English World dictionary

  • Appanage — An apanage or appanage is the grant of an estate, titles, offices, or other things of value to the younger male children of a sovereign, who under the system of primogeniture would otherwise have no inheritance. The system was widespread in much… …   Wikipedia

  • appanage — /ap euh nij/, n. 1. land or some other source of revenue assigned for the maintenance of a member of the family of a ruling house. 2. whatever belongs rightfully or appropriately to one s rank or station in life. 3. a natural or necessary… …   Universalium

  • appanage — Tenus en appanage, Profectitia, Fiduciaria, Fiducia contracta, attributa, B …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • appanage — n. (also apanage) 1 provision for the maintenance of the younger children of kings etc. 2 a perquisite. 3 a natural accompaniment or attribute. Etymology: F ult. f. med.L appanare endow with the means of subsistence (as APO , panis bread) * * *… …   Useful english dictionary

  • appanage — also apanage noun Etymology: French apanage, from Old French, from apaner to provide for a younger offspring, from Medieval Latin appanare, from Latin ad + panis bread more at food Date: 1602 1. a. a grant (as of land or …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • appanage — noun /ˈæpənɪdʒ/ a) A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright b) A perquisite that is appropriate to ones position …   Wiktionary

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