exogamy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
    intermarriage.

WordNet


Ex*og"a*my noun
Definitions
  1. The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to endogamy. Lubbock.

Webster 1913