suttee

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.

A widow who commits such an act.

A Hindu widow who immolates herself on the funeral pile, either with the body of her husband, or separately if he died at a distance.

The voluntary self-immolation of Hindu widows on the funeral pile of their husbands according to a Brahmanical rite.

A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; — so called because this act of self-immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely character.

The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.

The custom and/or act of a Hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband’s funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion to her late spouse.

the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband