SUTTEE

[sut.tee] n [Skt sati wife who performs suttee, lit., devoted woman, fr. fem. of sat true, good; akin to OE soth true--more at sooth] (1786): the act or custom of a Hindu widow willingly being cremated on the funeral pyre of her husband as an indication of her devotion to him; also: a woman cremated in this way