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妻子的殉夫

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Suttee \Sut*tee"\, n. [Skr. sat[=i] 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]

   Note: The practice, though abolished in British India law in
         1829, is not wholly prevented.

资料来源 : WordNet®

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