Suttee /(?)/

Sut·tee

Suttee

n.
  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]