Exogamy

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

  Exogamy \Ex*og"a*my\, n.
     The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between
     members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; --
     opposed to {endogamy}. --Lubbock.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exogamy
       n : marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other
           than your own as required by custom or law [syn: {intermarriage}]
           [ant: {endogamy}]