the practice of self-immolation by a Hindu widow on her husband's funeral pyre; = sati, n. 2a.
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow > types of widow > by self-immolation on husband's pyre > custom of (3) widow-burning1767 the practice of self-immolation by a Hindu widow on her husband's funeral pyre; = sati, n. 2a. sati1806 A practice followed within some Hindu communities, in which a woman kills herself as an act of piety or devotion soon after the death of her… satiism1828 the practice of sati. |
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