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ALL meanings of suttee

sut·tee
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  • noun suttee a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law. 1
  • noun suttee a Hindu widow who so immolates herself. 1
  • noun suttee the former Hindu custom whereby a widow burnt herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre 0
  • noun suttee a Hindu widow who immolated herself in this way 0
  • noun suttee a Hindu widow who allowed herself to be cremated alive on the funeral pyre of her husband's body 0
  • noun suttee the former Hindu custom of such self-immolation 0
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