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  • 11Interfaith marriage — Interfaith marriage, traditionally called mixed marriage, is marriage (either religious or civil) between partners professing different religions. Some religious doctrines prohibit interfaith marriage, and while others do allow it, most restrict… …

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  • 12Open marriage styles — Relationships Types …

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  • 13cenogamy — Communal marriage …

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  • 14hetaerism — n. (also hetairism) 1 a recognized system of concubinage. 2 communal marriage in a tribe. Etymology: Gk hetairismos prostitution (as HETAERA) * * * hetaerist, n. hetaeristic /het euh ris tik/, adj. /hi tear iz euhm/, n. 1. concubinage. 2. a… …

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  • 15hetaerism — [hitī′riz΄əmhi tir′iz΄əm] n. [Gr hetairismos < hetairizein, to be a hetaera: see HETAERA] 1. CONCUBINAGE 2. a system of communal marriage supposed to have been practiced among some early peoples: Also hetairism [hitī′riz΄əm] …

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  • 16he|tae|rism — «hih TIHR ihz uhm», noun. 1. the practice of concubinage. 2. a primitive type of society characterized by communal marriage. ╂[< Greek hetairismós, ultimately < hetaírā hetaera] …

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  • 17WOMAN — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the historical perspective biblical period marriage and children women in household life economic roles educational and managerial roles religious roles women outside the household… …

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  • 18MISHPAT IVRI — This article is arranged according to the following outline: definition and terminology RELIGIOUS HALAKHAH AND LEGAL HALAKHAH common features law and morals de oraita and de rabbanan distinguishing between the two categories legal consequences of …

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  • 19India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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  • 20RELIGIOUS LIFE AND COMMUNITIES — Jews UNDER OTTOMAN RULE The Jews of the pre Zionist old yishuv, both sephardim (from the Orient) and ashkenazim (of European origin), dedicated their lives to the fulfillment of religious precepts: the study of the torah and the meticulous… …

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