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Caste

One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.

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Class 76% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Status 76% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

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Stratum 76% connected

A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds…

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Colony 70% connected

A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent s…

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Agriculture noun · 86% connection

the class of people engaged in growing food

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Bourgeoisie noun · 86% connection

the social class between the lower and upper classes

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Brotherhood noun · 86% connection

people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity"

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Center noun · 86% connection

politically moderate persons; centrists

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Centre noun · 86% connection

politically moderate persons; centrists

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Civilization noun · 86% connection

a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"

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Commonalty noun · 86% connection

a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank

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Commons noun · 86% connection

a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank

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Craft noun · 86% connection

people who perform a particular kind of skilled work; "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"

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Culture noun · 86% connection

a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"

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Demimonde noun · 86% connection

a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior

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Domain noun · 86% connection

people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"

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Estate noun · 86% connection

a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Ki…

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Fraternity noun · 86% connection

people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity"

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Labor noun · 86% connection

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

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Labour noun · 86% connection

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

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Market noun · 86% connection

the customers for a particular product or service; "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it"

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Patriciate noun · 86% connection

members of the patrician class.; "the patriciate regarded patronage of the arts as a moral and social duty."

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Bhunder noun · 78% connection

An Indian monkey (Macacus Rhesus), protected by the Hindoos as sacred. See Rhesus.

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Brahmin noun · 78% connection

A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindoos.

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Brahmo-somaj noun · 78% connection

A modern reforming theistic sect among the Hindoos.

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case law noun · 78% connection

a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of Eng…

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Classically adverb · 78% connection

In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets.

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Classification noun · 78% connection

The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common re…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hereditary, classes, hindoos, divided, according.
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Classify verb · 78% connection

To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common properties…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hereditary, classes, hindoos, divided, according.
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Combination in restraint of trade noun · 78% connection

(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust la…

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common law noun · 78% connection

a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of Eng…

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Consolato del mare unknown · 78% connection

A collection of maritime laws of disputed origin, supposed to have been first published at Barcelona early in the 14th century. It has…

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Digest verb · 78% connection

A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian (see…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hereditary, classes, hindoos, divided, according.
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Disobey verb · 78% connection

Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authorit…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hereditary, classes, hindoos, divided, according.
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Dualism noun · 78% connection

The doctrine that all mankind are divided by the arbitrary decree of God, and in his eternal foreknowledge, into two classes, the elec…

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