appanage
noun
[ ˈap(ə)nɪdʒ ]
• 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.
Origin:
early 17th century: from French, based on medieval Latin appanare ‘provide with the means of subsistence’, from ad- ‘to’ + panis ‘bread’.
