Sut*tee" (?), n. [Skr. satī
a faithful wife, fem. of sant existing, real, true, good, p.
pr. of as to be. Cf. Sooth.] 1. 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.
[India]
2. The act of burning a widow on the funeral
pile of her husband. [India]
☞ The practice, though abolished in British India law in 1829,
is not wholly prevented.