Suttee

The later Hindu practice known as the Suttee, in which the bereaved wife threw herself on the funeral pyre of her husband, seems at this period to have been unknown.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

It was a grandson of Wilberforce that led India to outlaw the practice of "Suttee" about 1905.

If Bush Had an Epiphany and Woke Up, He Could Be My Hero 2007

The ceremony is called a "Suttee," and is conducted with great pomp, all the relations of the woman and her dead husband being present, in addition to an immense crowd; before getting on the pile, the widow divides all her jewels and ornaments amongst her friends.

The World's Fair Anonymous

You remember that when we escaped the massacre at the Suttee Ghat, the barges with the women and children were caught by the pandies.

Fiancée 2010

I clung to the gunwale, looking back - we were half a mile below Suttee Ghat by now, where most of the barges were still swinging at their moorings, under a pall of smoke; the river round them was full of people, floundering for the bank.

Fiancée 2010

Suttee was a common practice, after all, and this was hardly the first time that Kudra had seen a widow join her husband's body on the pyre.

La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth 2010

As well say that prohibition of ‘Suttee’ is a denial of justice to an Indian widow.

Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000

England acted justly and in fulfillment of a plain and grave moral obligation when she forbade Suttee in India; the Irish Free State will act justly and in fulfillment of a plain and grave moral obligation in refusing to legalise absolute divorce and remarriage among ourselves.

Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000

You then have Suttee, the sound of one hand clapping and naturally Zero and I am left with a Law system which is enshrined in every civilised country in the Western World.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

I would most definitely take issue with you on the frequency of making Suttee.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009