morganatic

• That their union was not legal was owing to the simple fact that Pericles, early in his career, had caused a law to be passed making marriage between an Athenian and an alien morganatic: very much as in England, for a time, the children of a marriage where one parent was a Catholic and the other a Protestant were declared by the State to be illegitimate. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators
• They assumed the right to stand neutral between the government and rebellion, to contract a kind of morganatic marriage with Treason, by which they could enjoy the pleasant sin without the tedious responsibility, and to be traitors in everything but the vulgar contingency of hemp. —  The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays
• This marriage was morganatic, that is, the lady does not take the name, rank and title of her husband. —  Face to Face with Kaiserism
• The marriage was of course morganatic, and on marrying the young Countess was given the title of Countess Ruppin. —  Face to Face with Kaiserism
• It is only the rare man who can conceal enough of his income from his wife to pay for a morganatic affair. —  Damn! A Book of Calumny

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