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endogamyEndogamie (ger.)

  • The custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe. (OED)
    reproduction
    1865

    Endogamy Pure.—6. Tribal (or family) system.—Tribes separate. All the members of each tribe of the same blood, or feigning themselves to be so. Connubium between members of the tribe: marriage without the tribe forbidden and punished.

    McLennan, J.F. (1865). Primitive Marriage: 143.