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morganatic

mor·ga·na·tic

UK/mɔːɡəˈnætɪk/ US/mɔɹɡəˈnætɪk/ uncommon

adjective

1.

(of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior

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Origin

From New Latin morganāticus, from the Medieval Latin phrase mātrimōnium ad morganāticum, from Proto-Germanic *murgnagebō (“morning gift”) (whence Old English morgenġiefu).

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