sati
or sa·tī, sut·tee
[suh-tee, suht-ee]
- 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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Origin of sati
First recorded in 1780–90, sati is from the Sanskrit word satī good woman, woman devoted to her husband
Sati
or Sa·tī
[suh-tee, suht-ee]
- the wife of Rudra, who immolated herself following a quarrel between her father and her husband.
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Examples from the Web for satis
Historical Examples
But, satis superque, we have had almost enough of ships and the sea.
Kathay: A Cruise in the China SeasW. Hastings Macaulay
Bene, satis, male,— Where was I with my trope 'bout one in a quag?
The Book of Humorous VerseVarious
A person may have worked affatim, according to his own opinion, and yet not satis.
Dderlein's Hand-book of Latin SynonymesLudwig Dderlein
Jam satis terr nivis, etc., may well be taken up as the song of eighteen hundred and sixteen.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10)John Gibson Lockhart
Nefandam hujus insignis Bibliothec sortem (ignosce just indignationi) satis deplorare nequeo.
Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867William Dunn Macray