[DOC] [TLE] Boston Brahmin - Wikipedia [PAR] The Boston Brahmin or Boston elite are members of Boston's traditional upper 
class. They form ... The term Brahmin refers to the highest ranking caste of people 
in the traditional Hindu system of castes. In the United States, it has been applied 
to the old, wealthy New England families of British Protestant origin which were... [DOC] [TLE] What's a Boston Brahmin? - Slate [PAR] Mar 1, 2004 ... The words caste and Brahmin indicate where Holmes got the idea. ... powerful 
groupthe city's entrenched WASP elite, or what he called its "harmless, ... In 
large part, he used the term to refer to families who produced generation ... The 
term Boston Brahmin quickly came to connote great wealth, political... [DOC] [TLE] Origin of Boston Brahmin (or Brahman) - Celebrate Boston [PAR] In Volume 5, Issue 27, Chapter 1, The Brahmin Caste of New England, he wrote: 
... The most well known wealthy families of nineteenth century Boston include the 
... A Brahman is a member of the highest, priestly caste. ... I donot agree with Mr. 
Holmes because according to hindu epic "Brahmin can do any work".i myself... [DOC] [TLE] Cabot family | American family | Britannica.com [PAR] The Cabot family has enjoyed a long tradition of wealth, philanthropy, and talent. 
... [U.S.] April 18, 1823 Boston, Mass., U.S. powerful Federalist Party leader, ... 
Originally a humorous reference to the Brahmans, the highest caste of Hindu 
society, the term. ... You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, 
publish your... [DOC] [TLE] SOCIAL CLASS, Russ Long's Lecture Notes - Del Mar College [PAR] Aug 24, 2016 ... Life chances can refer to one's ability to get food and shelter. ... in part, because 
of the powerful position on the upper caste and, in part, by ... In the Indian caste 
system upper caste individuals avoid even the shadow of an untouchable. .... 
Many families have improved their class position over the past 100... [DOC] [TLE] History of the Indian Caste System and its Impact on India Today [PAR] They are classified according to occupation and determine access to wealth, 
power, ... really help me dive into the Indian caste system and will provide me 
with an .... collection of families or groups of families bearing a common name; 
claiming a .... the head of Purush, are considered the intelligent and most 
powerful varna... [DOC] [TLE] Social structure facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] For example, studies of stratification in Hindu caste society (B. Barber 1968) and 
in ... bandits or thievescan accumulate large amounts of capital wealth. ..... 
Theories of social class refer to the conditions affecting the existence of strata that 
...... the highest economic and political positions tend to have the highest status. [DOC] [TLE] The New Brahmins | Boston Magazine [PAR] Listen to him long enough, and you can almost make out layers of ancestry, thick 
with ... What's undisputed is that, despite their generations of wealth, the 
Brahmins were ... Many of their family names are easily recognized: Lowell and 
Ames. ... the most powerful Brahmin families at the time allied themselves against 
him. [DOC] [TLE] Hinduism - Public Encyclopedia Services Home Page [PAR] About 2500 years before Christ, a white people called the Aryans came to India ... 
Hinduism teaches that anyone born into a lower caste or an Untouchable is ... He 
has four heads, three of which (representing their Trinity) can be seen from any ... 
the second, householdership (grihasthya), when one marries, raises a family,... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 9. Social Stratification in Canada | Introduction to Sociology ... [PAR] The family was still wealthy enough to send him to Upper Canada College, ... The 
term social stratification refers to an institutionalized system of social inequality. ... 
hierarchywealthy, powerful, and prestigiousand the aboriginal offenders at ... 
Caste systems are closed stratification systems in which people can do little or... [DOC] [TLE] November 2015  Religion 100Q: Hinduism Project - ScholarBlogs [PAR] Nov 24, 2015 ... At this

Question: From the name of the highest Hindu caste, it can refer to powerful, wealthy Boston families
Answer: Brahmins