suttee

Example Sentences

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As these things are done in Britain—swiftly—Miliband committed suttee this morning, resigning as Labour’s leader.

From The New Yorker

There are “bad traditions that are historical realities such as cannibalism, foot-binding, and suttee, and traditions that … are neither good nor bad - such as trick-or-treating on Halloween,” the ruling says.

From Washington Times

There are “bad traditions that are historical realities such as cannibalism, foot-binding, and suttee, and traditions that from a public-policy standpoint are neither good nor bad - such as trick-or-treating on Halloween,” it said.

From Washington Times

Thus there was a falling off in the glory of the old suttee, and then the light of these fires went out altogether.

From Project Gutenberg

The suttee, or sacrifice of the widows of Hindostan, on the funeral pile of their husbands, was not more a matter of course, than the laceration of the hair and cheeks, among Roman women.

From Project Gutenberg