endogamous

[ en-dog-uh-muhs ]

/ ɛnˈdɒg ə məs /

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adjective

of or relating to the practice of allowing marriage only within a specific tribe, caste, ethnic or religious group, or other social unit:The Bosnian War restricted social relations between different ethnic groups, intensifying endogamous practices in some villages.

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Sometimes en·do·gam·ic

[en-doh-gam-ik] /ˌɛn doʊˈgæm ɪk/ .

Words nearby endogamous

end-of-file, end of one's rope, end of one's rope, at the, end of steel, end of the line, endogamous, endogamy, endogen, endogenetic, endogenic toxicosis, endogenous

How to use endogamous in a sentence

The same community cannot be 'both exogamous and endogamous,' as some suppose.
Social Origins and Primal Law|Andrew Lang
These communities may or may not be exogamous, they may even be endogamous.
The Secret of the Totem|Andrew Lang
And while thus the "gens" was strictly exogamous, the tribe comprising an aggregate of "gentes" was equally endogamous.
The Origin of the Family Private Property and the State|Frederick Engels
The least doubt in the strictly independent existence of exogamous and endogamous tribes was considered a frivolous sacrilege.
The Origin of the Family Private Property and the State|Frederick Engels

They thought the camel to be the agent of the disease.50 A woman amongst the same people contracted an endogamous marriage.
Folkways|William Graham Sumner