caste
(noun) in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony
caste
(noun) a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth
caste
(noun) (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity
caste
(noun) social status or position conferred by a system based on class; “lose caste by doing work beneath one’s station”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
caste (plural castes)
Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies.
A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other.
(zoology) A class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony.
• (hereditary class of India): Brahmin, Kshatriya, Shudra, Vaishya, varna
• Cates, Stace, cates, scate, sceat, taces
Source: Wiktionary
Caste, n. Etym: [Pg. casta race, lineage, fr. L. castus pure, chaste: cf. F. caste, of same origin.]
1. One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.
Note: The members of the same caste are theoretically of equal rank, and same profession or occupation, and may not eat or intermarry with those not of their own caste. The original are four, viz., the Brahmans, or sacerdotal order; the Kshatriyas, or soldiers and rulers; the Vaisyas, or husbandmen and merchants; and the Sudras, or laborers and mechanics. Men of no caste are Pariahs, outcasts. Numerous mixed classes, or castes, have sprung up in the progress of time.
2. A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves. The tinkers then formed an hereditary caste. Macaulay. To lose caste, to be degraded from the caste to which one has belonged; to lose social position or consideration.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 March 2025
(adjective) of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament
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