In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CORONATION
coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation, investiture
(noun) the ceremony of installing a new monarch
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
coronation (plural coronations)
The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.
(figuratively) A success in the face of little or no opposition.
Anagrams
• otoancorin
Proper noun
Coronation
A town in Alberta, Canada.
Anagrams
• otoancorin
Source: Wiktionary
Cor`o*na"tion (kr`-n"shn), n. Etym: [See Coronate.]
1. The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.
2. The pomp or assembly at a coronation. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FATIGUE
(noun) (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; “he was suffering from museum fatigue”; “after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue”; “the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue”; “political fatigue”
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