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Sati (practice) - Wikipedia
Sati or suttee is a chiefly historical and now proscribed practice in which a Hindu widow burns alive on her deceased husband's funeral pyre, the death by ... en.wikipedia.org
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SUTTEE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SUTTEE is the act or custom of a Hindu widow burning herself to death or being burned to death on the funeral pyre of her husband; ... www.merriam-webster.com
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Sati | Practice, History, & Abolition - Britannica
Sati is a South Asian custom in which a wife immolates herself on her dead husband's funeral pyre or in some other fashion soon after his death. www.britannica.com
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suttee
suttee (sʌˈtiː, ˈsʌtiː) Also 8–9 sati, 9 satti, shuttee. [a. Skr. (Hindī, Urdū) satī faithful or virtuous wife, fem. of sat good, wise, honest, lit. being, pr. pple. of as to be (see be v.).] 1. A Hindu widow who immolates herself on the funeral pile with her husband's body.1786 in Parl. Papers E. I... Oxford English Dictionary
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suttee - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(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. en.wiktionary.org
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SUTTEE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
the Hindu custom, no longer legal, of a woman being burned alive in the same fire as that in which her dead husband's body is burned. dictionary.cambridge.org
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Sati (film)
in addition to being bad luck for her prospective husbands, it is bad luck for her, as she will, according to the customs of the time, have to commit suttee wikipedia.org
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British Abolish Suttee in India | EBSCO Research Starters
The practice known as suttee, or sati, was a long-standing custom in some Hindu communities in India where widows would self-immolate on their husbands' ... www.ebsco.com
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Suttee - Biblical Cyclopedia
Suttee (Sansc. sati, virtuous, i.e. wife), the name given in Hindustan to a woman who voluntarily sacrifices herself by burning upon the funeral pyre of her ... www.biblicalcyclopedia.com
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Suttee - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
suttee(n.) "self-cremation of a Hindu widow on her husband's funeral pyre," 1786, from Hindi, from Sanskrit sati "virtuous woman, faithful wife," the word for ... www.etymonline.com
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Suttee - by Libby Maxey - Medium
“Suttee” is the anglicized version of the Hindu Sati, a historical Hindu practice in which a widow sacrifices herself by sitting atop her deceased husband's ... medium.com
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SUTTEE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. a Hindu widow who allowed herself to be cremated alive on the funeral pyre of her husband's body 2. the former Hindu custom of such self-immolation. www.collinsdictionary.com
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sattie
satti, sattie see suttee, settee (ship). Oxford English Dictionary
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The Ashram (novel)
This practice of suttee, out of use for many years, brings Jonathan to her town in an effort to save her, but when he arrives at the pyre, he realizes wikipedia.org
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sati
sati see suttee. Oxford English Dictionary
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