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Definition of Suttees

Suttee
Suttee Sut*tee", n. [Skr. sat[=i] 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.

Meaning of Suttees from wikipedia

- "no correct idea can be formed of the number of murders occasioned by suttees", then states that some of the statistics are based on "conjectures". According...
- Barbara Ann Sutteer (Booher) is an American retired National Park Service (NPS) employee. Sutteer worked for the Federal Aviation Administration and the...
- officers consulted by the governor-general, in favour of the abolition of suttees, and of the perfect safety with which in their judgment the practice may...
- will be read a century hence: if they were all burnt as the grandest of Suttees on his funeral pile, it would be only like cutting down an oak after its...
- *h₁es- ("to be"); compare Old English sōþ ("true"; see sooth). Doublet of suttee. Baháʼís consider humans to be naturally good, fundamentally spiritual beings...
- religious practices like human sacrifice or the obsolete Hindu practice of suttee. The Court stated that to rule otherwise, "would be to make the professed...
- and Culture, Cambridge University Press, Vol. 25, No. 1, p. 141, Quote: "Suttee, or sati, is the obsolete Hindu practice in which a widow burns herself...
- information about Perfumerie Devalier. In Ancient India, a heinous widow commits suttee, a ritual of self-immolation. Alobar consoles a young girl, Kudra, who was...
- from the original on September 22, 2007. Retrieved September 12, 2007. "Suttees, or the Burning of Widows", in The World's Progress: A Dictionary of Dates...
- genuine; sincere, honest, valid"; satī́ "good, virtuous, faithful wife" (> suttee) senë/send”thing” gjë “thing” < all from PAlb *sana *sweh₂d-, swéh₂dus "sweet"...