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Definition of sati noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sati

noun
 
/ˈsʌtiː/,
 
/sʌˈtiː/
 
/ˈsʌtiː/,
 
/sʌˈtiː/
(also suttee)
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  1. [uncountable] the former practice in Hinduism of a wife burning herself with the body of her dead husband
  2. [countable] a wife who did this
    3. Word OriginHindi, from Sanskrit satī ‘faithful wife’, from sat ‘good’.
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