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Noun: intermarriage  ,in-tu(r)'mer-ij [N. Amer], ,in-tu(r)'ma-rij [Brit]
  1. Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
    - exogamy
     
  2. Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law
    - endogamy, inmarriage

Derived forms: intermarriages

Type of: marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, union, wedlock

Encyclopedia: Intermarriage

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