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suttee

sut.tee \(.)s*-'te-, 's*-.te-\ n [Skt sati- wife who performs suttee, lit., 
   good woman, fr. fem. of ]sat true, good; akin to OE so-th true - more at 
   SOOTH : the act or custom of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself or 
   being  cremated on the funeral pile of her husband as an indication of her 
   devotion to him; also : a woman cremated in this way