Canadian English Meaning of castes

castes

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Definitions and Meaning of castes in English

castes

a division of society based on differences of wealth, inherited rank or privilege, profession, occupation, or race, a specialized form (such as the worker of an ant or bee) of a polymorphic social insect that carries out a particular function in the colony, a specialized form of a social insect that carries out a particular purpose in the colony, social rank, the position conferred by caste standing, one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes, a system of rigid social stratification characterized by hereditary status, endogamy, and social barriers sanctioned by custom, law, or religion, a division of society based upon differences of wealth, rank, or occupation, one of the classes into which the Hindu people of India were formerly divided

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castes

a division of society based on differences of wealth, inherited rank or privilege, profession, occupation, or race, a specialized form (such as the worker of an

classes,echelons,levels,ranks,strata,estates,folk,folks,orders,brackets

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