suttee
noun
sut·tee (ˌ)sə-ˈtē 
ˈsə-ˌtē
variants or less commonly sati
: the act or custom of a Hindu widow burning herself to death or being burned to death on the funeral pyre of her husband
also : a woman burned to death in this way
Word History
Etymology
Hindi satī wife who performs suttee, from Sanskrit, devoted woman, from feminine of sat true, good; akin to Old English sōth true — more at sooth
First Known Use
1786, in the meaning defined above
- stone national monument
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- stone oak
- stone ocher
- stone oil
- stone parsley
- stone pine
- stone plover
- stone polygon
- stone proof
- stone ring
- stone river
- stone roller
- stone run
- stone runner
- stone sand
- Stone sheep
- stone snipe
- stone stripe
- stone sucker
- stone the crows
- stone wall
- stone walls
- stone yellow
- stone's sheep