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]