Please refer to the following sentence.
Although his family was of high caste, they didn't have enough money to send him to school.
I would like to have the explanation of the bold part.
Many thanks.
be of + abstract noun
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Re: be of + abstract noun
That means that his family had prestige and kind of power and good reputation.
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