1. (n.) A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society\ who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves.

2. (n.) One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindus are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.

ashram blood body bracket branch category clan class colony commonwealth commune community condition division echelon economic class endogamous group estate extended family family footing gens grade group grouping head heading hierarchy kin kinship group label level moiety nuclear family order phratria phratry phyle pigeonhole place position power structure precedence predicament race rank rate rating rubric section sept set settlement social class society sphere stage standing station status strain stratum subcaste subdivision subgroup suborder title totem