sati

[ suh-tee, suht-ee ]

/ sʌˈti, ˈsʌt i /

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a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.

a Hindu widow who so immolates herself.

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First recorded in 1780–90, sati is from the Sanskrit word satī good woman, woman devoted to her husband

Sati

[ suh-tee, suht-ee ]

/ sʌˈti, ˈsʌt i /

the wife of Rudra, who immolated herself following a quarrel between her father and her husband.

Responderunt omnes sibi hoc satis esse, reliqua sese reiecturos.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Bruno, satis admirari non possum quid agas vt tot pecunias consumas.
The Age of Erasmus|P. S. Allen
Ego enim, quando voluero, faciam ea satis summoneri propter mea dominica necessaria ad voluntatem meam.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam
It was the first time I had ever lain down to rest in Satis House, and sleep refused to come near me.
Great Expectations|Charles Dickens

Paretur itaque librorum quantum satis sit, nihil in apparatum.
The Book-Hunter|John Hill Burton