Example sentences for: brahmins

How can you use “brahmins” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Their long wars against the indigenous people established their leaders as kings with a hereditary divinity, which the Brahmins (the priests) exchanged for a privileged position of their own.

  • Brahmins and Gurungs were the 2 major ethnic groups encountered in our study.

  • As possessors of magical power associated with ritual sacrifice and sacred utterance, Brahmins were the sole interpreters of the Vedic scriptures.

  • Brahmins, the priestly caste, fill many of the top posts in the universities and administration; many Indian Army officers can trace their ancestry to the proud Kshatriya warrior caste; business is dominated by the merchant or Vaishya caste; and Shudras till the land.

  • These were the homes of artisans, not Brahmins, and are less precious, devoid of cornices and fancy wrought iron.


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