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Толковый словарь английского языка - suttee

 
 

Suttee

suttee
also sati noun see: sooth Date: 1786 the act or custom of a Hindu widow willingly being cremated on the funeral pyre of her husband as an indication of her devotion to him
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  n. (also sati) (pl. suttees or satis) esp. hist. 1 the Hindu practice of a widow immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre. 2 a widow who undergoes or has undergone this. Etymology: Hindi & Urdu f. Skr. sati faithful wife f. sat good SUTURE n. & v. --n. 1 Surgery a the joining of the edges of a wound or incision by stitching. b the thread or wire used for this. 2 the seamlike junction of two bones, esp. in the skull. 3 Bot. & Zool. a similar junction of parts. --v.tr. Surgery stitch up (a wound or incision) with a suture. Derivatives sutural adj. sutured adj. Etymology: F suture or L sutura f. suere sut- sew ...
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