suttee

[ suh-tee, suht-ee ]

/ sʌˈti, ˈsʌt i /

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noun

sati.

Words nearby suttee

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OTHER WORDS FROM suttee

sut·tee·ism, noun

Definition for suttee (2 of 2)

sati

or sa·tī, sut·tee

[ suh-tee, suht-ee ]

/ sʌˈti, ˈsʌt i /

noun

a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.

a Hindu widow who so immolates herself.

Origin of sati

First recorded in 1780–90, sati is from the Sanskrit word satī good woman, woman devoted to her husband

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Examples from the Web for suttee

I have never met with a description, so exceedingly minute, of the suttee, the process of burning widows.
Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2)|A Sexton of the Old School
I observed that the rite of suttee is riveted in the affections of this people.
Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen.|Dr. John Scudder
Perhaps it is shown to the highest degree in their practice of the suttee, or burning of widows.
Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen.|Dr. John Scudder
If the British were to lose their power in India, the suttee would immediately be rëestablished.
Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen.|Dr. John Scudder

This horrible death, known as suttee, was made unlawful in 1830.
Oriental Women|Edward Bagby Pollard

British Dictionary definitions for suttee

suttee

/ (sʌˈtiː, ˈsʌtiː) /

noun

the former Hindu custom whereby a widow burnt herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre

a Hindu widow who immolated herself in this way

Derived forms of suttee

sutteeism, noun

Word Origin for suttee

C18: from Sanskrit satī virtuous woman, from sat good

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