Morganatic

mor-gau-al'ik, adj. noting a marriage ot a man with a woman of inferior rank, in which neither the latter nor her children enjoy the rank or inherit the po e ions of her husband, though the thildien are legitimate. (Low L. morganatic a, a gift fiom a bridegroom to his bride from tier, moreen* morning, used for merge gabc, the gift given by a husband to his wife.]