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Noun

sati.

Noun

the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
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]
The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband. [India]

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