1550s, "a race of men," from Latin castus "chaste," from castus "cut off, separated; pure" (via notion of "cut off" from faults), past participle of carere &quo [..]

specialized type of social insect that carries out a specific function in a colony, such as a worker, drone, or queen.

social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station" (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus [..]

a class of society among the Hindus

n. The division of society on artificial grounds.

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A group of individuals that are socially distinct from others in the population, and engage in specialized behavior within a specific social group. © Nature Education

1. A class of the Hindu hereditary system. 2. A social stratified system that is fairly rigid. 3. Any class of society that is distuinguished by exclusivity and inherited priviledge.

n. a traditional and stratified system of society typical to Hindu culture. It consists of five main hereditary classes, arranged for ritual purity and endogamous marriage. it is further ranked by cla [..]

purely, spotlessly, purely, uprightly, chastely

a class of morphologically distinct individuals within a colony of social insects, adapted to performing different tasks within the colony. cephalic foveae

  A system of rigid hereditary social stratification, characterized by disparities of wealth and poverty, inherited assignments of occupation, and strict rules governing intermarriage and interminglin [..]

A closed socio-economic status, often ascribed by birth.

(n) social status or position conferred by a system based on class(n) (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity(n) a social class separated from others b [..]

ADV uprightly| w/integrity; chastely| w/sexual/ceremonial purity; spotlessly

race. The Portuguese casta. In Sanskrit the word used for the same purpose is varna (colour). The four Hindu castes are Brahmins (the sacred order), Shatri’ya (soldiers and rulers). Vaisy& [..]

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the various groups of matured individuals among social insects whose morphology or behaviour allows them to perform specialised labour within the colony.  Workers, soldiers and reproductive queens are examples of castes.

a form (such as worker ant) of a social insect (ant) that carries out a particular function in the colony or an ant's rank in the colony according to its function

a group status position in society stratified by ascription

The Clans are divided into five castes: warrior, scientist, merchant, technician, and laborer, in descending order of influence. Each has many sub-castes based on specialized skills. The warrior caste [..]