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unpeaceful (iou) and caste (iou)


unpeaceful (iou)



unpeaceful adjective. M16.
[from UN-1 + PEACEFUL.]
Not peaceful.

caste (iou)



caste noun. [kɑ:st] Also cast. M16.

A race, a stock, a breed. obsolete in gen. sense. M16.
half-caste: see HALF-.
A Hindu hereditary class of socially equal persons, united in Religion and usu. following similar occupations, distinguished from Other castes in the hierarchy by its relative degree of purity or pollution. E17.
Scheduled Caste: see SCHEDULED.
b. Any more or less exclusive social class. E19.
R. G. Collingwood The view that artists can or should form a special order or caste. B. R. O. Anderson Elimination of the samurai as a legal caste.
The position conferred by membership of a caste. L18.
lose caste be deprived of membership of one's caste; descend in the social scale.
The system of division of society into castes. M19.
Max-Musc;ller In India caste..has existed from the earliest times.
The form of a social insect having a particular function. M19.
Comb.: caste-mark: on the forehead, denoting membership of a particular Hindu caste; caste-system a system of division of society into castes.
? The four original Hindu castes, later greatly augmented, were priests, warriors, merchants, and artisans (see BRAHMIN, KSHATRIYA, VAISYA, SUDRA).
casteless adjective L19.