| 单词 | in appanage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin appanage 1. The provision made for the maintenance of the younger children of kings, princes, etc.; it was originally a province, jurisdiction, or lucrative office, but the grant has also been made in money. in appanage: in possession as an appanage. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > provision for younger children appanage1602 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 77 Belinus..had for his appannage (as the French terme it) Loegria, Wales and Cornwall. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 91 Valoys was but the Apponage..of Charles yonger sonne to Philip the second. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iv. xiii. 18 Monsieur hath for his apennage 100000 Liures. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. i. 217 Abdalaziz..had the State of Bujeya..left him in appennage. 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. ii. iv. 144 The time had gone by..for bishoprics to serve as appanages for the younger sons of great families. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 500 His son received, as usual, the appanage of Cumberland. < as lemmas |
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