endogamy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
endogamy
    n 1: marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by
         custom or law [syn: {endogamy}, {intermarriage},
         {inmarriage}] [ant: {exogamy}, {intermarriage}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
    

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