suttee

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SUTTEE', noun In the Sanscrit, or sacred language of the Hindoos, a female deity. 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.
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