casta — meaning in English

English meaning

• caste noun One of the hereditary social classes found historically in South Asian societies and elsewhere.
• chaste adj Not engaging in sexual activity, especially outside marriage or before it.

Senses

casta is used for these senses in English:

• caste Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.
• chaste Sexually pure, abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.

caste — full definition

1. noun One of the hereditary social classes found historically in South Asian societies and elsewhere.
2. noun Any rigid, hereditary social division that limits people to a fixed class.

chaste — full definition

1. adj Not engaging in sexual activity, especially outside marriage or before it.
2. adj Plain and restrained in style, without excess or ornamentation.

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