intermarriage

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in·ter·mar·ry

(ĭn′tər-măr′ē)

intr.v. in·ter·mar·ried, in·ter·mar·ry·ing, in·ter·mar·ries

1. To marry a member of another group.

2. To be bound together by the marriages of members.

3. To marry within one's family, tribe, or clan.

in′ter·mar′riage (-măr′ĭj) n.

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in•ter•mar•riage

(ˌɪn tərˈmær ɪdʒ)

n.

1. marriage between a man and woman of different groups, as races, religions, ethnic groups, or tribes.

2. marriage between a man and woman within a specific group.

3. marriage between close blood relatives.

[1570–80]

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Noun	1.	intermarriage - marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law exogamy marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, wedlock, union - the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"
	2.	intermarriage - marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law endogamy, inmarriage marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, wedlock, union - the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"

Translations

زَواج مُخْتَلَط

sňatek

blandet ægteskab

Mischehe

összeházasodás

innbyrdes giftermål

evlenme

近亲通婚

intermarriage

[ˌɪntəˈmærɪdʒ] N (between races) → matrimonio m mixto; (between relatives) → matrimonio m entre parientes

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intermarriage

[ˌɪntə^rˈmærɪdʒ] n → mariage m consanguin
Intermarriages were not uncommon → Les mariages consanguins n'étaient pas rares.

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intermarriage

n (between groups) → Mischehen pl; (within the group) → Heirat f → untereinander

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intermarry

(intəˈmӕri) verb

(of tribes, families etc) to marry one another. The invaders intermarried with the local population; The two families intermarried.

ˌinterˈmarriage (-ridʒ) noun

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But the case is this: We are not rich enough or grand enough for them; and she is the more anxious to get Miss Darcy for her brother, from the notion that when there has been ONE intermarriage, she may have less trouble in achieving a second: in which there is certainly some ingenuity, and I dare say it would succeed, if Miss de Bourgh were out of the way.

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Do you conceive, mistress, that in an intermarriage between kingdoms, as when a daughter of France is married into Spain, the princess herself is alone considered in the match?

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Square offspring has sometimes resulted from a slightly Irregular Triangle; but in almost every such case the Irregularity of the first generation is visited on the third; which either fails to attain the Pentagonal rank, or relapses to the Triangular.] Such a birth requires, as its antecedents, not only a series of carefully arranged intermarriages, but also a long, continued exercise of frugality and self-control on the part of the would-be ancestors of the coming Equilateral, and a patient, systematic, and continuous development of the Isosceles intellect through many generations.

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This province is inhabited by a nation of the Agaus, who call, but only call, themselves Christians, for by daily intermarriages they have allied themselves to the Pagan Agaus, and adopted all their customs and ceremonies.

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Cedric lived to see this union approximate towards its completion; for as the two nations mixed in society and formed intermarriages with each other, the Normans abated their scorn, and the Saxons were refined from their rusticity.

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Gomez, the governor of Lemuy, is descended from noblemen of Spain on both sides; but by constant intermarriages with the natives the present man is an Indian.

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I am often asked, "Rabbi, why are Jews so against intermarriage? Why should two people who love each other not be able to marry just because they have different religions?

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Rowling jarringly has her villain waging a sort of "love is love" campaign: He wins at least one good-hearted character over to his cause by demanding an overthrow of prejudiced laws banning intermarriage between magical folk and their non-magical neighbors.