suttee
sut·tee also sa·ti n.1. The now illegal act or practice of a Hindu widow’s cremating herself on her husband’s funeral pyre in order to fulfill her true role as wife.2. pl. sut·tees also sa·tis A widow who commits such an act.via
“Say, what’re you doing to-day, anyhow? All dressed up and mooning around like the prologue to a suttee.”The Sound and The Fury, William Faulkner
