Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
endogamous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective fertilized by pollen from another flower of the same plant.
- adjective of marriage within a class or tribe as required by custom or law; same as
endogamous .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe
- adjective characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind
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Examples
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New universities have a "localist and endogamic character," whatever that may mean.
Taking A Separate Path David Pryce-Jones 2011
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Neither is there any theoretical endogamic institution which obliges a Manóbo to marry within his tribe, but, in practice, such is his custom.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan
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