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Meaning Of Suttee
n.
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.
n.
The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her
husband.