exogamous marriage

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• Exogamous group — is a section of society within which marriages are prohibited. A marriage within an exogamous group is regarded as incestuous.Examples of exogamous groups are: * Gotras and Clans in the castes in India. * Fis among the Albanians * Individuals… …   Wikipedia

• Exogamous — Ex*og a*mous, a. [Exo + Gr. ? marriage.] Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one s own tribe; opposed to {endogenous}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Marriage — For other uses, see Marriage (disambiguation). Married and Matrimony redirect here. For other uses, see Married (disambiguation) and Matrimony (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• exogamous — adj. pertaining to exogamy, pertaining to marriage outside of one s group or tribe …   English contemporary dictionary

• Levirate marriage — is a type of marriage in which a woman marries one of her husband s brothers after her husband s death, if there were no children, in order to continue the line of the dead husband. The term is a derivative of the Latin word levir , meaning… …   Wikipedia

• Cousin marriage — Charles Darwin and his wife Emma were first cousins. Cousin marriage is marriage between two cousins. In various jurisdictions and cultures, such marriages range from being considered ideal and actively encouraged, to being uncommon but still… …   Wikipedia

• MIXED MARRIAGE, INTERMARRIAGE — The terms intermarriage and mixed marriage are used interchangeably. Intermarriage in the present context is defined as a marriage where one partner professes a religion different from that of his spouse. Marriages in which a partner has… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Natchez people — Natchez Pre contact distribution of Natchez peoples Total population 6,000 …   Wikipedia

• clan — clanless, adj. /klan/, n. 1. a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor: the Mackenzie clan. 2. a group of people of common descent; family: Our whole clan got… …   Universalium

• POPULATION — THE JEWISH POPULATION Growth by Aliyah In 1882 the Jewish population of Ereẓ Israel numbered some 24,000, roughly 5% of the total, and about 0.3% of the world Jewish population. Since then there has been an almost continuous flow of aliyah, which …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Ge — /zhay/, n. 1. a family of South American Indian languages spoken in southern and eastern Brazil and northern Paraguay. 2. a member of any of several Ge speaking peoples. Symbol, Chem. germanium. * * * ▪ people also spelled  Gê,         South… …   Universalium