1·For thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use.
千百年来，椅子是地位和尊贵身份的象征，而不仅仅是日用品。
2·A historical region and former province of southeast France bordering on Italy. After 349 it became an appanage controlled by the eldest son of the king of France.
一个历史地区和法国东南部以前的一个省份，和意大利交界。349年以后，成为由法国国王长子统治下的一块领地。