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Synonyms for bants


Grammar : Verb
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Phonetic Transcription : bænt

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Définition of bants

  • As in reduce : verb make less; decrease
Example sentences :
  • In their marriage ceremonies, they closely imitate the Bants.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
  • Their social position is said to be somewhat inferior to that of the Bants.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
  • On one occasion, a dispute arose between two Bants in connection with the question of precedence.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
  • The headman among the Bants is generally called Guttinayya, meaning person of the guttu or site.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
  • Further details in connection with bhūtha worship will be found in the articles on Bants, Nalkes, and Paravas.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
  • In the final death ceremony (bojja), the Bilimaggas closely follow the Bants, except as regards the funeral car.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
  • The Billavas, like the Bants, have a number of exogamous septs (balis) running in the female line.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
  • It is performed once in ten, fifteen, or twenty years by well-to-do Billavas or Bants.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
  • The caste has numerous balis (septs), which are evidently borrowed from the Bants and Billavas.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
  • The Kudiyas who have settled on the plains have adopted the ceremonial observances of the Bants and other castes.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston

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