suttee

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Suttee, the old Hindu custom of widow's suicide on the funeral pyre, has been banned in India since 1829; today it occurs rarely and then only in inaccessible villages in backward regions.

From Time Magazine Archive

She came to believe that the Suttee custom was a frank and on the whole a merciful recognition of the situation.

From One Woman's Life by Herrick, Robert

If he married a troublesome widow, his pamphlet on Suttee would be out within the year.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

Alighting, therefore, from my horse, I gave him in charge to my servant, whom I sent to inform my parents of my arrival, and to request my father to meet me at the Suttee.

From A Voyage to the Moon by Tucker, George

Asia sinks beneath the weighty recollections of her past magnificence, as the Suttee sinks, jewel burdened, upon the corpse of dread grandeur, destructive even in its death.

From Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon by Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop