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61caste — [16] Caste has no etymological connection with cast. It is borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese casta ‘race, breed’, a nominal use of 97 catechism the adjective casta ‘pure’, from Latin castus (source of English chaste). The notion underlying the …
62CASTE SYSTEM — the TRADITIONAL SOCIAL system of India based on the notion of caste …
63caste mark — noun a symbol on the forehead denoting membership of a particular Hindu caste …
64caste — noun 1》 each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status. 2》 Entomology (in some social insects) a physically distinct kind of individual with a particular… …
65caste — noun (C, U) 1 one of the fixed and unchangeable social classes into which people are born in India, or the system of having these classes 2 a group of people who have the same position in society: lose caste BrE (=lose your social position) …
66caste — noun she could not marry outside her caste Syn: class, social class, social order, rank, level, stratum, echelon, status; dated estate, station …
67caste — a, caste, o adj. chaste > « La casto e bloundo cassarello s esvalis dins lis aubre blu » Th. Aubanel …
68caste — [16] Caste has no etymological connection with cast. It is borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese casta ‘race, breed’, a nominal use of the adjective casta ‘pure’, from Latin castus (source of English chaste). The notion underlying the word thus… …
69Ethnicity and caste in Nepal — Caste = main article CasteCaste systems are hereditary systems of social class in many parts of the world. Today, it is most commonly associated with the Indian caste system and the Varna in Hinduism. In a caste society, the assignment of… …
70To lose caste — Caste Caste, n. [Pg. casta race, lineage, fr. L. castus pure, chaste: cf. F. caste, of same origin.] 1. One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindu are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism. [1913 Webster] Note: The members of the… …
