suttee
n . 妻子的殉夫
妻子的殉夫
suttee n 1 :
the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband Suttee \
Sut *
tee "\,
n . [
Skr .
sat [
imac ]
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 ]
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband . [
India ]
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The practice ,
though abolished in British India law in 1829 ,
is not wholly prevented .
[
1913 Webster ]
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "
suttee ":
blazing ,
blistering ,
branding ,
burning ,
burnt offering ,
calcination ,
car of Jagannath ,
carbonization ,
cauterization ,
cautery ,
cineration ,
collection ,
combustion ,
concremation ,
cracking ,
cremation ,
cupellation ,
deflagration ,
destructive distillation ,
disembowelment ,
distillation ,
distilling ,
drink offering ,
ex voto offering ,
felo -
de -
se ,
flaming ,
hara -
kiri ,
heave offering ,
hecatomb ,
holocaust ,
human sacrifice ,
immolation ,
incense ,
incineration ,
infanticide ,
libation ,
mactation ,
mass suicide ,
oblation ,
offering ,
offertory ,
oxidation ,
oxidization ,
parching ,
peace offering ,
piacular offering ,
pyrolysis ,
refining ,
ritual suicide ,
sacramental offering ,
sacrifice ,
scapegoat ,
scorching ,
scorification ,
searing ,
self -
destruction ,
self -
immolation ,
self -
murder ,
self -
sacrifice ,
seppuku ,
singeing ,
smelting ,
suicide ,
sutteeism ,
thank offering ,
the stake ,
thermogenesis ,
vesication ,
votive offering ,
whole offering
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