morganatic
adjective/ˌmɔːɡəˈnætɪk/
/ˌmɔːrɡəˈnætɪk/
(specialist)- (of a marriage) in which the title or possessions of the partner who has higher social rank will not be passed on to the other partner, or to their childrenOxford Collocations DictionaryMorganatic is used with these nouns:
- marriage
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from modern Latin morganaticus, from medieval Latin matrimonium ad morganaticam ‘marriage with a morning gift’ (because a morning gift, given by a husband to his wife on the morning after the marriage, was the wife's sole entitlement in a marriage of this kind).
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