Named marriage arrangements and rules studied comparatively across kinship systems, including plural-spouse forms (polygyny, polyandry), a preferred marriage-partner rule (cross-cousin marriage), and a rule for remarriage within the family after a spouse death (levirate marriage). Belongs here: a named marriage arrangement or marriage rule. Does not belong here: a related but distinct exchange practice such as bridewealth or dowry payment, grouped under the Ethnography and Cultural Practices category's own Marriage and Alliance Practice subcategory, since those are payments accompanying a marriage rather than the marriage rule itself.
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Primary Discipline Recognized Type Count All Marriage Systems
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1. Wikipedia: Kinship
WikipediaKinship, Marriage (affinity) section, definition sentence
A broad definition of marriage includes those that are monogamous, polygamous, same-sex and temporary.
Kinship, lead section
In anthropology, kinship is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of all humans in all societies, although its exact meanings even within this discipline are often debated.
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