Appanage

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) 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'.

手打:威利

• As if loveliness were not the special prerogative of woman--her legitimate appanage and heritage! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

编辑:利瓦伊