Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The practice of self-immolation among Hindu widows.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The practice of self-immolation of widows in Hindostan.
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- noun
suttee ; the practice ofself-immolation ofHindu widows
Etymologies
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suttee + -ism
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