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

Akbar, the Mogul emperor, forbade suttee about 1600.1294 He acted from the Mohammedan standpoint.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham