SUTTEE

suttee

(noun) the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

suttee (countable and uncountable, plural suttees)

(historical, Hinduism) The traditional custom of a Hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband’s funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion.

Anagrams

• tutees

Source: Wiktionary

Sut*tee", n. Etym: [Skr. sati a faithful wife, fem. of sant existing, real, true, good, p.pr. of as to be. Cf. Sooth.]

1. A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; -- so called because this act of self- immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely character. [India]

2. The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband. [India]

Note: The practice, though abolished in British India law in 1829, is not wholly prevented.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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