In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ASCRIPTION
attribution, ascription
(noun) assigning to a cause or source; “the attribution of lighting to an expression of God’s wrath”; “he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso”
attribution, ascription
(noun) assigning some quality or character to a person or thing; “the attribution of language to birds”; “the ascription to me of honors I had not earned”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
ascription (usually uncountable, plural ascriptions)
The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work, or other thing to someone or something.
(sociology) The stratification of people according to inborn characteristics (such as race or sex) outside of their control.
Anagrams
• antipsoric, apicortins, crispation
Source: Wiktionary
As*crip"tion, n. Etym: [L. ascriptio, fr. ascribere. See Ascribe.]
Definition: The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also, that which is ascribed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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