morganatic
/mawr-guh-nat-ik/US // ˌmɔr gəˈnæt ɪk //UK // (ˌmɔːɡəˈnætɪk) //
摩根士丹利,摩根士人,摩根士丹利的,摩根士坦利
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of or relating 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.
Examples
Weber, however, had spoken of a morganatic marriage, and fearful pressure might be brought to bear.
Do you understand that it was a great honor he offered Mademoiselle Lannes, to make her his morganatic wife?
It is only the rare man who can conceal enough of his income from his wife to pay for a morganatic affair.
Famous dancer and morganatic wife of Prince Adalbert of Prussia.
They become in a sense morganatic wives, lacking only the name, and often not deserving less respect than if they had it.
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