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Meriah (plural Meriahs)
- (historical) A victim of human sacrifice by the Khond people of India.
1992, Nihar Ranjan Patnaik, History and Culture of Khond Tribes, page 304:After the suppression of Meriah sacrifice the British Government became keen for the settlement of the rescued Meriahs.
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