Morganatic marriage

marriage between people of unequal social rank, which prevents the passage of the husband's titles and privileges to the wife and any children born of the marriage

thumb|upright=1.2|Esther is crowned in this 1860 [[woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld.]] Hypergamy (colloquially referred to as "dating up" or "marrying up") is a term used in social science for the act or practice of a person dating or marrying a spouse of higher mating value than themselves.

marriages between two people of separate existent formal and informal social stratification classifications in India