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/kɑːst/ · noun
Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures..
Pakistan is a conservative, religious state. The Edhi Foundation is unusual in its ignoring of caste, creed, religion and sect. This strict stance has led to some criticism from religious groups.
Ah! Can you give me all I've asked for — not now, nor a few months later, but when you begin to think of what you might have done if you had kept your own appointment and your caste here — when you begin to look upon me as a drag and a burden?
'I believe, Messieurs, in loyalty - to one's friends and one's family and one's caste.'
The tinkers then formed a hereditary caste.
It was an evidence of the peculiar nature of caste in country towns[.]
In beehives, most bees belong to the worker caste.
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Caste means Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures..
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Pakistan is a conservative, religious state. The Edhi Foundation is unusual in its ignoring of caste, creed, religion and sect. This strict stance has led to some criticism from religious groups.
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