单词 | morganatic |
释义 | morganatic —morganatically, adv. /mawr'geuh nat"ik/, adj. of or pertaining to a form of marriage in which a person of high rank, as a member of the nobility, marries someone of lower station with the stipulation that neither the low-ranking spouse nor their children, if any, will have any claim to the titles or entailed property of the high-ranking partner. [1720-30; < NL morganaticus (adj.), for ML phrase (matrimonium) ad morganaticam (marriage) to the extent of morning-gift (morganatica repr. Gmc *morgangeba (fem.); cf. OE morgengiefu gift from husband to wife on day after wedding)] |
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