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| sut·tee [ sə t, sú t ] (plural sut·tees) or sa·ti [ sə t, sú t ] (plural sa·tis) |
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1. suicide on husband's funeral pyre: in South Asia, the now illegal practice of a Hindu widow throwing herself on her husband's funeral pyre
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2. widow committing suicide on funeral pyre: a Hindu widow who throws herself on her husband's funeral pyre
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| [Late 18th century. < Sanskrit satī "good woman," feminine present participle of as- "be"] |
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 sut·tee·ism noun |
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