1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ENDOGAMY (Gr. tutor, within, and •yd^os, marriage), marriage within the tribe or community, the term adopted to express the custom compelling those of a tribe to marry among themselves. Endogamy was probably characteristic of the very early stages of social organization (see FAMILY), and is to-day found only among races low in the scale of civilization. As a custom it is believed to have been preceded in most lands by the far more general rule of Exogamy (q.v.). Lord Avebury (Origin of Civilisation, p. 154) points …
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