Meaning suttee
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suttee"self-cremation of a Hindu widow on her husband's funeral pyre," 1786, from Hindi, from Sanskrit sati "virtuous woman, faithful wife," used also of the burning, fem. of sat &q [..]
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sutteeritual of widow-burning
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suttee(n) the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
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sutteeA pure and model wife (Sanskrit, sati, chaste, pure); a widow who immolates herself on the funeral pile of her deceased husband. Abolished by law in British India.
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sutteeCeremonial widow burning.
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