Appanage

properly, lands a igned as portions to the younger sons, or sometimes the brothers of the French king, who in general took their by from the appanages which they eld. | Apparition, according to a belief; held by some, a disembodied spirit manifesting itself to mortal sight; according to the common theory an illusion involuntarily generated, by means of which figures or forms, not present to the actual sense, are neverthele depictured with a vividne and intensity sufficient to create a temporary belief of their reality. Such illusions are now generally held to result from an overexcited brain, a strong imagination, or some bodily malady.