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Definition of morganatic in English: morganaticadjective ˌmɔːɡəˈnatɪkˌmɔrɡəˈnædɪk Relating to or denoting a marriage in which neither the spouse of lower rank, nor any children, have any claim to the possessions or title of the spouse of higher rank. he contracted a morganatic marriage with a German-born actress Example sentencesExamples - Sigvard, onto his third morganatic marriage, continued to harbour bitterness about his nephew King's decision to grant Lilian the title of princess right up until his death a few years ago.
- A morganatic marriage is one between a member of the royal house and a wife not of equal birth, in which the wife does not take her husband's rank.
- In advising Edward VIII against a morganatic marriage to Mrs Simpson he acted with the utmost constitutional propriety.
- The royals may be forced to contemplate a quiet, morganatic marriage.
- Be that as it may, if Parliament and the Commonwealth had agreed to a morganatic marriage or if Edward VIII had not abdicated but given up Wallis instead, how would history be today?
- As Julie was not royal, their marriage was considered morganatic, meaning that Julie and their children could not use Alexander's Hessian title.
- As this was a morganatic marriage, their five children should not have been eligible for the succession.
- Would it be morganatic or would she actually become Queen?
Derivatives adverb Isabella's first regent was her mother, who weakened her position by morganatically marrying a shopkeeper's son and by her reputation for ruthless greed. Example sentencesExamples - His regular companion was now the pious Mme de Maintenon, who had been governess to the children of earlier mistresses; and soon after the queen's death he married her morganatically.
- An anonymous hand penned that the Queen had cancelled diary appointments because of her pregnancy by John Brown to whom she ‘has been morganatically married… for a long time?’
- After the queen's death, it seems likely the couple were married morganatically - in secret, with the marriage recognised by the Church alone.
Origin Early 18th century: 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). Definition of morganatic in US English: morganaticadjectiveˌmɔrɡəˈnædɪkˌmôrɡəˈnadik Relating to or denoting a marriage in which neither the spouse of lower rank, nor any children, have any claim to the possessions or title of the spouse of higher rank. he contracted a morganatic marriage with a German-born actress Example sentencesExamples - Be that as it may, if Parliament and the Commonwealth had agreed to a morganatic marriage or if Edward VIII had not abdicated but given up Wallis instead, how would history be today?
- As this was a morganatic marriage, their five children should not have been eligible for the succession.
- A morganatic marriage is one between a member of the royal house and a wife not of equal birth, in which the wife does not take her husband's rank.
- The royals may be forced to contemplate a quiet, morganatic marriage.
- Would it be morganatic or would she actually become Queen?
- As Julie was not royal, their marriage was considered morganatic, meaning that Julie and their children could not use Alexander's Hessian title.
- Sigvard, onto his third morganatic marriage, continued to harbour bitterness about his nephew King's decision to grant Lilian the title of princess right up until his death a few years ago.
- In advising Edward VIII against a morganatic marriage to Mrs Simpson he acted with the utmost constitutional propriety.
Origin Early 18th century: 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). |