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arti

British

/ ˈʌrtɪ /

noun

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

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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

The more I become acquainted with the town and see its smallness, the more I am struck with the uncommon resources in literature e le belle arti it possesses.

From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas

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