- caste - social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"
--1 is a kind of status, position
- caste - (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity
--2 is a kind of class, social class, socio-economic class
--2 has particulars: jati- caste - a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth
--3 is a kind of class, social class, socio-economic class
- caste - (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity