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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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