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adj. - (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank.

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  • Is not this a sufficient explanation of the term morganatic being applied to marriages where the parties are of unequal rank?
  • This marriage was morganatic, that is, the lady does not take the name, rank and title of her husband.
  • There is talk of something called a morganatic marriage, which would be sort of a half marriage, using one of his titles.
  • Hohenfelsen, the morganatic wife of the Grand-Duc Paul, the
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