marry in

Verb

marry in (third-person singular simple present marries in, present participle marrying in, simple past and past participle married in)

1. To join a family or group through marriage.
   • Marriage patterns were likely exogamous to the band, with women marrying in as wives, and with daughters and sisters marrying out.1998, Michael Winkelman, Ethnic Relations in the U.S.
   • 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.2004, Michael Weiner, Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Modern Japan, →ISBN
2. To marry someone of the same religious or ethnic group.
   • 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.1976, Helena Znaniecka Lopata, Mary Patrice Erdmans, Polish Americans, →ISBN, pages 153–154
   • Jews who marry out — especially women who marry out, marry substantially later than Jews who marry in.1994, Steven Bayme, Gladys Rosen, The Jewish Family and Jewish Continuity, →ISBN, page 26

   Antonyms:

   marry out