Meaning of marry in | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To join a family or group through marriage.
2. To marry someone of the same religious or ethnic group.

Examples

“Marriage patterns were likely exogamous to the band, with women marrying in as wives, and with daughters and sisters marrying out.”

“Others say that the bride will get on so long as she gets to know the family customs, and have no objection to a Japanese girl marrying in.”

“A researcher reveals that he considers the “marrying in” of non-Hispanic family members into a large Mexican family cohort as rare events in an otherwise "pure" bloodline, although intermarriage is extremely common in North America.”

“The single ancestry women have a 9 to 5 ratio of marrying in to marrying out; those of a mixed ancestry have a 5 to 8 ratio.”

“Jews who marry out — especially women who marry out, marry substantially later than Jews who marry in.”

“Japanese were much less likely to 'marry out' than other groups in Hawaii. Even in the territory's multicultural setting the Issei's propensity to 'marry in' was extraordinarily high.”

“He emphasized the necessity of marrying in to preserve Bushman bodies and all their physically defining characteristics.”

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