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arti

British  
/ ˈʌrtɪ /

noun

  1. Hinduism a ritual performed in homes and temples in which incense and light is offered to a deity

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of arti

Hindi

Example Sentences

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During arti, you stood in front of the gods and offered them light, clutching a silver plate holding ghee-drenched cotton ball flames and marigolds.

From Salon • Jul. 16, 2022

Clinton was also photographed performing an arti, a Hindu custom in which a plate of flowers and burnt camphor is offered to a deity.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2018

To satirize one country by creating another in its image, derisively affecting the same government, society, institutions, is an arti fice which many great men have honored.

From Time Magazine Archive

But there is no arti ficial liver comparable to the artificial kidney, and there is no hope of devising one soon, because the liver's multiple tasks are even more complex than the kidneys'.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mihi tamen uidetur melius inuocare Deum Patrem honorifice producta sillaba quam brittonice corripere, quia nec Deus arti grammaticae subiciendus est.

From Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin by Sargeaunt, John

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