endogamy
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or lawSynonyms: intermarriageinmarriageOpposite exogamyType of marriage, matrimony
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
En·dog′a·my noun
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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54