Oxford English and Spanish Dictionary, Synonyms, and Spanish to English Translator

Meaning of exogamous in English:

‘These exogamous marriages introduced the possibility of idolatry and syncretistic practices into the community.’

‘Rural communities were exogamous, patrilocal, and patriarchal, with newly married women subservient in the families of their husbands until they had borne sons.’
‘Thus, a caste is endogamous, but all the kin-based units below it are exogamous and follow rigid rules about which clans or lineages are allowed to inter-marry.’
‘Among Chaldeans, most exogamous marriages bring an outsider into the community, rather than resulting in the loss of a member.’
‘These subclans are exogamous, and the members refer to each other by using kinship terms.’