English-Thai Dictionary
appanage
N ที่ดิน ที่ ได้รับ ตาม ระบบ ศักดินา apanage ti-din-ti-dai-rab-tam-ra-bob-sak-di-na
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
APPANAGE
n. 1. Lands appropriated by a prince to the maintenance of his younger sons, as their patrimony; but on condition of the failure of male offspring, they were to revert to the donor or his heir. From the appanage it was customary for the sons to take their surnames.
2. Sustenance; means of nourishing.
Wealth - the appanage of wit.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
APPANAGE
Ap "pa *nage, n. Etym: [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.
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. " Swift.
New American Oxford Dictionary
appanage
ap pa nage |ˈapənij ˈæpənɪʤ |(also apanage ) ▶noun archaic 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. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French, based on medieval Latin appanare ‘provide with the means of subsistence, ’ from ad- ‘to ’ + panis ‘bread. ’
Oxford Dictionary
appanage
appanage |ˈap (ə )nɪdʒ |(also apanage ) ▶noun historical a provision made for the maintenance of the younger children of kings and princes, consisting of a gift of land, an official position, or money. • archaic a benefit or right belonging to someone; a perquisite: the appanages of her rank. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French, based on medieval Latin appanare ‘provide with the means of subsistence ’, from ad- ‘to ’ + panis ‘bread ’.
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