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suttee |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Suttee \Sut*tee"\, n. [Skr. sat[=i] a faithful wife, fem. of sant existing, real, true, good, p. pr of as to be Cf {Sooth}.] 1. A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; -- so called because this act of self-immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely character. [India] 2. The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband. [India] Note: The practice, though abolished in British India law in 1829, is not wholly prevented. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: suttee n : the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
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