endogamy, intermarriage, inmarriage
(noun) marriage within one’s own tribe or group as required by custom or law
Source: WordNet® 3.1
endogamy (usually uncountable, plural endogamies)
The practice of marrying or requiring to marry within one's own ethnic, religious, or social group.
(biology) the fusion of two related gametes.
• See also intermarriage
• exogamy
• See also intermarriage
Source: Wiktionary
En*dog"a*my, n.
Definition: Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exogamy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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