Definitions

1. adjective

relating to or characteristic of a marriage between people of unequal social rank, in which the wife’s property and titles pass to her husband’s family after her death.

“The royal family’s morganatic marriage was seen as a scandal by the nobility.”

2. noun

a marriage between people of unequal social rank, in which the wife’s property and titles pass to her husband’s family after her death.

“The morganatic marriage between the prince and his commoner wife was a subject of controversy.”