| 单词 | caste hindu |
| 释义 | > as lemmascaste Hindu C2. As a modifier, designating a person who adheres to or follows the strictures of a caste system; spec. (in or with reference to Hindu society) designating a person or group belonging to one of the four classes or castes of the varna system (see sense 2), esp. as distinguished from those belonging to a fifth group considered to be outside it (see Dalit n., Scheduled Caste n. at scheduled adj. Compounds); now esp. in caste Hindu. ΚΠ 1845 Missionary Herald Sept. 305/2 Two other caste men, who had been brought in from heathenism, came and ate with us..; also one leading man, who..was born of Christian parents, and had been a nominal and a caste Christian before he was received by us. 1881 Baptist Missionary Mag. Mar. 64/1 I believe this..is the cause of the slight hold Christianity has taken of the caste-people of India. 1927 North-China Herald 17 Dec. 511/5 Not many generations ago all the caste women of India were in purdah. 2016 Times of India (Nexis) 2 Aug. Some dalit youths tried to take photographs while caste Hindus were performing rituals inside the temple. < as lemmas |
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