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sa·ti

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–noun

1.	a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.

2.	a Hindu widow who so immolates herself.

Also, sa·tī, suttee.

[Origin: 1780–90; < Skt satī good woman, woman devoted to her husband

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Sa·ti

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–noun Hindu Mythology.

the wife of Rudra, who immolated herself following a quarrel between her father and her husband.

Also, Sa·tī.

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n. Variant of suttee.

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sut·tee also sa·ti Audio Help (sŭ-tē', sŭt'ē') Pronunciation Key
n.

The now illegal act or practice of a Hindu widow's cremating herself on her husband's funeral pyre in order to fulfill her true role as wife.
pl. sut·tees also sa·tis A widow who commits such an act.