endogamy

• And I think that their weak endogamy does make Ashkenazi Jews a —  Dissecting Leftism
• Elite individuals tend to marry other high-ranking individuals, either their first cross-cousins or elites from other villages (rank endogamy), which maintains distinctions between ranks, although there is mobility between ranks • Communities throughout region formally integrated through co-participation in chiefly (elite) rites-of-passage and exchange rituals orchestrated by chiefs —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
• Then why was endogamy so prized and those that married out of their ethnicity ostracized? —  orrologion
• Our terms "endogamy," "mother family polyandry," etc., are only descriptive terms for a summary of the folkways which have been established in different groups and which are capable of classification 358. —  Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
• On the other hand, endogamy is both cause and effect of weakness and proceeds with decline. —  Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals

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