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Endogamy

noun
1.
Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law.  Synonyms: inmarriage, intermarriage.






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"Endogamy" Quotes from Famous Books



... when it is remembered that endogamy is the prime law of most Hindu castes; and this, too, in a land where immorality and adultery are so prevalent. Other sources of Hindu castes are mentioned. Some, like the Mahrattas, have behind them national traditions, and ...
— India, Its Life and Thought • John P. Jones

... groups, and distinguished by one or more separate names, can be recognised as holding, either on account of its traditional occupation or descent, such a distinctive position in the social system, that it should be classified as a caste. But not even the condition of endogamy can be accepted as of universal application; for Vidurs, who are considered to be descended from Brahman fathers and women of other castes, will, though marrying among themselves, still receive the offspring of such mixed alliances into the community; ...
— The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV) • R.V. Russell



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