In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CONFIRMATION
confirmation
(noun) a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
confirmation
(noun) a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism
confirmation, verification, substantiation
(noun) additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; “fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory”
confirmation
(noun) information that confirms or verifies
ratification, confirmation
(noun) making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it; “the ratification of the treaty”; “confirmation of the appointment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
confirmation (countable and uncountable, plural confirmations)
An official indicator that things will happen as planned.
A verification that something is true or has happened.
A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.
Source: Wiktionary
Con`fir*ma"tion, n. Etym: [F. confirmation, L. confirmatio.]
1. The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim. Cowper.
2. That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony. Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ. Shak.
3. (Eccl.)
Definition: A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc. This ordinance is called confirmation, because they who duly receive it are confirmed or strengthened for the fulfillment of their Christian duties, by the grace therein bestowed upon them. Hook.
4. (Law)
Definition: A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voliable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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22 January 2025
MEGALITH
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
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