caste 音标拼音: [k'æst]
n . 印度的世袭阶级,(排他的)社会团体
印度的世袭阶级,(排他的)社会团体
caste n 1 :
social status or position conferred by a system based on class ; "
lose caste by doing work beneath one '
s station "
2 : (
Hinduism )
a hereditary social class among Hindus ;
stratified according to ritual purity 3 :
a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth 4 :
in some social insects (
such as ants )
a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony 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 .
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1913 Webster ]
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves .
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The tinkers then formed an hereditary caste .
--
Macaulay .
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{
To lose caste },
to be degraded from the caste to which one has belonged ;
to lose social position or consideration .
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1913 Webster ]
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "
caste ":
ashram ,
blood ,
body ,
bracket ,
branch ,
category ,
clan ,
class ,
colony ,
commonwealth ,
commune ,
community ,
condition ,
division ,
echelon ,
economic class ,
endogamous group ,
estate ,
extended family ,
family ,
footing ,
gens ,
grade ,
group ,
grouping ,
head ,
heading ,
hierarchy ,
kin ,
kinship group ,
label ,
level ,
moiety ,
nuclear family ,
order ,
phratria ,
phratry ,
phyle ,
pigeonhole ,
place ,
position ,
power structure ,
precedence ,
predicament ,
race ,
rank ,
rate ,
rating ,
rubric ,
section ,
sept ,
set ,
settlement ,
social class ,
society ,
sphere ,
stage ,
standing ,
station ,
status ,
strain ,
stratum ,
subcaste ,
subdivision ,
subgroup ,
suborder ,
title ,
totem
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