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单词 suttee
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suttee/ʹsutee, suʹtee/ noun

the former custom of a Hindu widow being cremated on the funeral pyre of her husband, as an indication of her devotion to him

a widow being cremated in this way

[Sanskrit satī wife who performs suttee, literally ‘good woman’, fem of sat true, good]
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