suttee
Example Sentences
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As these things are done in Britain—swiftly—Miliband committed suttee this morning, resigning as Labour’s leader.
From The New Yorker ● May 8, 2015
Even their wives were sacrificed, in the earliest known examples of the patriarchal practice of suttee.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2012
Many abhorrent customs, from slavery to suttee, have drawn strength from the sentiment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2010
The ancient Hindu rite of suttee, requiring a woman to immolate herself on the funeral pyre of her husband, was abolished in British India in 1829.
From Time Magazine Archive
The company were conveyed to a Hindu temple on the shore, where the suttee had formerly been performed, and which was provided with a broad staircase leading down to the water.
From Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East by Optic, Oliver
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