What does intermarriage mean?
Definitions for intermarriage
ˌɪn tərˈmær ɪdʒin·ter·mar·riage
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Princeton's WordNet
exogamy, intermarriagenoun
marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
endogamy, intermarriage, inmarriagenoun
marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law
Wiktionary
intermarriagenoun
a marriage between people belonging to different groups, ethnic, religious or otherwise.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Intermarriagenoun
Marriage between two families, where each takes one and gives another.
Etymology: inter and marriage.
Because the many alliances and intermarriages, as well as the personal feuds that happen among so small a people, might obstruct the course of justice, they have always a foreigner for this employ. Joseph Addison, on Italy.
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intermarriage
Intermarriage is the act or instance of marrying someone from a different social, racial, ethnic, religious, or cultural group than one's own. This can serve to combining or integrating different groups within society, often leading to the blending of cultures, traditions, customs and sometimes even the creation of a new social identity.
Webster Dictionary
Intermarriagenoun
connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, castes, or nations
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of intermarriage in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of intermarriage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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