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suttee (iou)



suttee noun. Also sati. L18.
[Sanskrit sati faithful wife, fem. of sat good.]
Chiefly Hist.
A Hindu widow who immolates herself on her husband's funeral pyre. L18.
The immolation of a Hindu widow in this way. E19.
sutteeism noun the practice of suttee M19.