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