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caste

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caste

noun

prohibitions prevent people from marrying outside their caste:

class, social class, order, social order, social division, grade, grading, group, grouping, station, stratum, echelon, rank, level, degree, set;

place, standing, position, status;

Hinduism varna;

archaic estate, sphere.