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   Ap·pa·nage

   /ˈapənij/

   

   noun

   • 1. a gift of land, an official position, or money given to the younger children of kings and princes to provide for their maintenance.
   • ▪ a necessary accompaniment: "there is a tendency to make microbiology an appanage of organic chemistry"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French, based on medieval Latin appanare ‘provide with the means of subsistence’, from ad- ‘to’ + panis ‘bread’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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   • P

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