1. (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 children
   Collocations: Morganatic 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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