morganatic

Etymology
From, from the phrase , from  (whence 🇨🇬).

Adjective

 * 1) Designating a marriage (or the wife involved) between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank, often having various legal repercussions (typically that such a wife has no claim on the husband's possessions or title). It was not an aspect of English law, but was common in other royal houses, especially in Germany.

Derived terms

 * morganatically

Translations

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 * German:
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 * Italian:
 * Latin: morganaticus
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: morganático
 * Ukrainian: морганати́чний