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Morganatic meaning

Designating a marriage (or the wife involved) between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank, often having various legal repercussions (typically that such a wife has no claim on the husband's possessions or title). It was not an aspect of English law, but was common in other royal houses, especially in Germany.

Synonyms of Morganatic

left-handed legitimate

Related words

Other words often associated with Morganatic or its synonyms:

illegitimate logical levorotatory valid bumbling rightful constituted ambidextrous anticlockwise authorised left levorotary

Using Morganatic

  • The main meaning on this page is: Designating a marriage (or the wife involved) between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank, often having various legal repercussions (typically that such a wife has no claim on the husband's possessions or title). It was not an aspect of English law, but was common in other royal houses, especially in Germany.
  • Useful related words include: left-handed, legitimate.
  • In the example corpus, morganatic often appears in combinations such as: of morganatic, morganatic marriages, morganatic marriage.

Context around Morganatic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

marriages 4× marriage 4×

Sentence patterns with Morganatic

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

children of morganatic marriages have 2× differs from morganatic marriages which 1× issue of morganatic marriages were 1× legislate the morganatic marriage per 1× of a morganatic marriage after 1× refused the morganatic marriage king 1× to be morganatic and any 1× under a morganatic marriage pursuant 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although the issue 1× margrave leopold inherited 1× occasionally children of 1× palmer pg 288 1× the king later 1× the mechanism of 1×

Common sentence endings:

considered legally valid 1× elsewhere in europe 1× family s realms 1× marriage per se 1× not become queen 1× to the throne 1×

Words around Morganatic

Just before it in the word index:

morgana 22 morgan 3.385 morgado 3 morg 2 morfydd 5 morford 4

Just after it in the word index:

morgane 8 morganite 3 morganne 5 morgannwg 3 morgans 15 morganton 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Morganatic

  • In this selection, "morganatic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, marriages and marriage stand out and add context to how "morganatic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include children of morganatic marriages have and differs from morganatic marriages which. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "morganatic" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with morganatic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

This differs from morganatic marriages, which are considered legally valid. (10 words)

When the Cabinet refused the morganatic marriage, King Edward decided on his own volition to abdicate. (16 words)

Occasionally, children of morganatic marriages have overcome their non-dynastic origins and succeeded to their family's realms. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

The King later requested the Commonwealth prime ministers be consulted on a compromise plan, in which he would wed Simpson under a morganatic marriage pursuant to which she would not become queen. (32 words)

Palmer, pg. 288 He finally gave his consent in 1900; however, the marriage was to be morganatic and any children of the marriage would be ineligible to succeed to the throne. (31 words)

Although the issue of morganatic marriages were ineligible to succeed to their families' respective thrones, children of morganatic marriages have gone on to achieve dynastic success elsewhere in Europe. (29 words)

Example sentences (8)

Although the issue of morganatic marriages were ineligible to succeed to their families' respective thrones, children of morganatic marriages have gone on to achieve dynastic success elsewhere in Europe.

Margrave Leopold inherited the throne of Baden, despite being born of a morganatic marriage, after all dynastic males of the House of Zähringen died out.

Occasionally, children of morganatic marriages have overcome their non-dynastic origins and succeeded to their family's realms.

Palmer, pg. 288 He finally gave his consent in 1900; however, the marriage was to be morganatic and any children of the marriage would be ineligible to succeed to the throne.

The King later requested the Commonwealth prime ministers be consulted on a compromise plan, in which he would wed Simpson under a morganatic marriage pursuant to which she would not become queen.

The mechanism of the "secret marriage" rendered it unnecessary for France to legislate the morganatic marriage per se.

This differs from morganatic marriages, which are considered legally valid.

When the Cabinet refused the morganatic marriage, King Edward decided on his own volition to abdicate.

Common combinations with morganatic

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "morganatic" in a sentence?
An example: "Although the issue of morganatic marriages were ineligible to succeed to their families' respective thrones, children of morganatic marriages have gone on to achieve dynastic success elsewhere in Europe." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "morganatic" from authentic English texts.
What does "morganatic" mean?
Morganatic means: Designating a marriage (or the wife involved) between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank, often having various legal repercussions (typically that such a wife has no claim on the husband's possessions or title). It was not an aspect of English law, but was common in other royal houses, especially in Germany.
What are synonyms of "morganatic"?
Common synonyms of "morganatic" include: left-handed, legitimate.
How many example sentences with "morganatic" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "morganatic", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.