suttee
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sut·tee /ˈsʌtiː $ sʌˈtiː, ˈsʌtiː/ noun [uncountable] RRHthe ancient custom in the Hindu religion of burning a wife with her husband when he dies 殉夫自焚〔印度教中丈夫去世后妻子自焚殉夫的古老习俗〕
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suttee• After discussing this particular case of suttee, the diners went on to remember past incidents of the same nature.• The last thing a cocky little man like Hatton would want was a kind of spiritual suttee.sut·tee nounChineseSyllable
ancient Corpus of Hindu in custom the the religion
suttee
sut‧tee /ˈsʌtiː $ sʌˈtiː, ˈsʌtiː/
noun [uncountable]
the ancient custom in the Hindu religion of burning a wife with her husband when he dies
sut‧tee /ˈsʌtiː $ sʌˈtiː, ˈsʌtiː/
noun [uncountable]the ancient custom in the Hindu religion of burning a wife with her husband when he dies