intermarriage

intermarriage
/in'teuhr mar"ij, in"teuhr mar'ij/, n.
1. marriage between a man and woman of different races, religions, tribes, castes, or ethnic groups, as between a white and a black or between a Christian and a non-Christian.
2. marriage between a man and woman of different social classes.
3. marriage between a man and woman within a specific group, as required by custom or law; endogamy.
4. marriage between a man and woman belonging to the same small group, esp. if they are close blood relatives.
[1570-80; INTER- + MARRIAGE]

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