Morganatic \,mor-ge-'na-tik\ adj
[NL matrimonium ad Morganatic am, lit., marriage with morning
gift] (ca. 1741)
of, relating to, or being a marriage between a member of a royal or noble family and a person of inferior rank in which the rank of the inferior partner remains unchanged and the children of the marriage do not succeed to the titles, fiefs, or entailed property of the parent of higher rank .
Morganatically \-ti-k(e-)le\ adv
Source: Websters Dictionary
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