appanage

(noun) any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life. Synonyms: apanage. Example: "For thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use."

(noun) a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family. Synonyms: apanage. Example: "Bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families."