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Definition of "apanage" [ap•an•age]

  • Variant of appanage. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "apanage" in a sentence
  • "In consequence of this perfection, gourmandise is the exclusive apanage of man."
  • "In those African nations where they have already been introduced, they remain the apanage of a small, privileged, mostly urban elite."
  • "No further hesitation was thereafter possible for the ruler of Gruyère, who was thus compelled to take sides against the duchess if he wished to preserve his country from dismemberment and the cruel and ferocious devastation which the Confederates were now inflicting upon the beautiful country of Romand Switzerland, and particularly upon the country of Vaud, the apanage of Duke Charles 'maréchal, Count Romont."