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Webster 1913 Edition
Suttee
Sut-tee′
,Noun.
[Skr.
satī
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]
☞ The practice, though abolished in British India law in 1829, is not wholly prevented.
Webster 1828 Edition
Suttee
SUTTEE'
,Noun.
1.
A widow who immolates herself on the funeral pile of her husband.2.
The sacrifice of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.