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1. caste
   Latin, meaning: purely, spotlessly, purely, uprightly, chastely.
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2. Caste
   A form of stratification in which an individual`s social position is fixed at birth and cannot be changed. There is virtually no intermarriage between the members of different caste groups.
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3. caste
   [n] - social status or position conferred by a system based on class 2. [n] - (Hindu) a hereditary social class stratified according to ritual purity 3. [n] - a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth
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4. caste
   A system of stratifying a society into ranked groups defined by marriage, descent, and occupation. Most common in South Asia, caste systems are also found in other societies. such as in Mali and...
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5. Caste
   Caste noun [ Portuguese casta race, lineage, from Latin castus pure, chaste: confer French caste , of same origin.] 1. One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism. �...
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6. caste
   noun social status or position conferred by a system based on class; `lose caste by doing work beneath one`s station`
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7. Caste
   • (n.) A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves. • (n.) One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.
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8. Caste
   (from the article `Bancroft, Sir Squire`) ...the theatre manager Marie Effie Wilton in 1867. At the Prince of Wales`s Theatre they produced all the better known comedies of Thomas William ...
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9. caste
   any of the ranked, hereditary, endogamous occupational groups that together constitute traditional societies in South Asia, particularly among Hindus ... [27 related articles]
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10. caste
    in biology, a subset of individuals within a colony (society) of social animals that is specialized in the function it performs and distinguished by ... [5 related articles]
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11. caste
    Hindu hereditary class with prehistoric roots; the principal castes are the Brahmin (priestly), the Kshatriya (warrior), Vaisha (trader) and Sudra (farmers and artisans). The untouchables are outside the caste system.
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12. caste
    caste 1. Any of the hereditary, endogamous social classes or subclasses of traditional Hindu society of India, stratified according to Hindu ritual purity, especially the Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra castes. 2. A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank, profes...
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13. caste
    caste [Port., casta=basket], ranked groups based on heredity within rigid systems of social stratification, especially those that constitute Hindu India. Some scholars, in fact, deny that true caste systems are found outside India. The caste is a closed group whose members are severely restricted in...
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14. Caste
    Caste is an Indian hereditary class system with members socially equal, united in religion and usually following the same trade. A member of one caste has no social intercourse with a member of any other caste except their own. There are four main groups: Brahmans (priests), Kshatriyas (nobles and w...
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15. caste
    A system of stratifying a society into ranked groups defined by marriage, descent, and occupation. Most common in South Asia, caste systems are also found in other societies. such as in Mali and Rwanda. In the past, such systems could be found in Japan, in South Africa under apartheid, and among the Natchez – an American Indian people. The cas...
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16. caste
    Each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity and of social status.
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17. Caste
    `Caste` is an elaborate and complex social system that combines elements of endogamy, occupation, culture, social class, tribal affiliation and political power. It should not be confused with race or social class, e.g. members of different castes in one society may belong to the same race. Usually,b...
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