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 • May 8, 2015
Even their wives were sacrificed, in the earliest known examples of the patriarchal practice of suttee.
From Slate • Jul. 30, 2012
Many abhorrent customs, from slavery to suttee, have drawn strength from the sentiment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2010
His shy, modest wife, Bibhabati Devi, 19, wasted few tears, gave no thought to immolating herself in suttee.
From Time Magazine Archive
She happened to have been reading about suttee in a feminist paper only a day or two before.
From A Crooked Mile by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
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