MORGANATIC


Meaning of MORGANATIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌmȯr-gə-ˈna-tik ]

adjective

Etymology: New Latin matrimonium ad morganaticam, literally, marriage with morning gift

Date: circa 1741

: of, relating to, or being a marriage between a member of a royal or noble family and a person of inferior rank in which the rank of the inferior partner remains unchanged and the children of the marriage do not succeed to the titles, fiefs, or entailed property of the parent of higher rank

• mor·ga·nat·i·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb

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