Morganatic

She had heard of irregular alliances, Court scandals; she had even looked out "Morganatic" in the dictionary, blushing for the deed while pretending to herself

The Mayor of Troy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

And then there are those that suggest using a European type of approach to a marriage, a Morganatic marriage, which would actually take an act of Parliament.

CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2004 2004

G. [Will our correspondent accept the following as a satisfactory reply?] _Morganatic Marriage_ (Vol. ii, p. 72.).

Notes and Queries, Number 45, September 7, 1850 Various

"Morganatic, _a. _, applied to the marriage in which a gift in the morning is to stand in lieu of dowry, or of all right of inheritance, that might otherwise fall to the issue."

Notes and Queries, Number 45, September 7, 1850 Various

If morganatic came from this, it should appear the _Fairy Morgana_ was the _first lady_ who so underwent the ceremony.

Notes and Queries, Number 47, September 21, 1850 Various

She was of exquisite beauty, and had been sought in Morganatic marriage by an archduke of the Austrian family; but she had relied upon this plea, that hers was the purest and noblest blood among all Jewish families -- that her family traced themselves, by tradition and a vast series of attestations under the hands of the Jewish high priests, to the

The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English Julian Hawthorne 1890

Morganatic marriages for princes have continued down to our own time.

Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals William Graham Sumner 1875