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Brahminhood
Brahminhood n. 
/ˈbrɑːmənhʊd/ the rank or position of a Brahmin; the state or condition of being a Brahmin; Brahmins collectively. [After Sanskrit brāhmaṇya ( < brāhmaṇa Brahmin (see main etymology) + -ya, suffix forming abstract nouns).]
/ˈbrɑːmənhʊd/ the rank or position of a Brahmin; the state or condition of being a Brahmin; Brahmins collectively. [After Sanskrit brāhmaṇya ( < brāhmaṇa Brahmin (see main etymology) + -ya, suffix forming abstract nouns).] ΘΚΠ
society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > Hindu sects and groups > [noun] > Brahminism > position of
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > member of > patrician > among Hindus > position of
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1794 C. Wilkins tr. Dooshwanta & Sakoontalā vii, in Oriental Repertory 2 iii. 447 When, at length, he was admitted into the Brāhmanhood, he became a slave to unlawful pleasures.
1806 J. Marshman & W. Carey tr. Valmiki Ramayuna I. 536 I will afflict myself till I obtain brahmanhood as the fruit of sacred austerities.
1866 Reader 17 Mar. 269 The issue of such marriage being admissible to the Bráhmanhood in the seventh generation.
2002 K. K. Singh Fiction of Bhabani Bhattacharya iii. 100 Biten..renounces his Brahminhood throwing away his sacred thread and promising never more to speak about his caste.
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