Endogamy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Endogamy \En*dog"a*my\, n.
     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}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  endogamy
       n : marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by
           custom or law [syn: {intermarriage}, {inmarriage}] [ant:
           {exogamy}]