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Definition of suttee noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

suttee

noun
 
/ˈsʌtiː/,
 
/sʌˈtiː/
 
/ˈsʌtiː/,
 
/sʌˈtiː/
(also sati)
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  1. [uncountable] the former practice in Hinduism of a wife burning herself with the body of her dead husband
  2. [countable] a wife who did this
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