suttee
/sʌˈtiː/
noun
- The former practice in some Hindu communities of a widow burning herself on her husband's funeral pyre.
- The British colonial government worked to end the practice of suttee.
- Historical accounts describe suttee as a rare but deeply rooted custom.
- Suttee was outlawed in India in the 19th century.
- A widow who performed this act.
- Temples were sometimes built in honor of a suttee.
- The village remembered the suttee as a woman of great devotion.
- The story of the suttee was passed down through generations.