In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OBSECRATED
Verb
obsecrated
simple past tense and past participle of obsecrate
Source: Wiktionary
OBSECRATE
Ob"se*crate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obsecrated; p. pr. & vb, n. Obsecrating.] Etym: [L. obsecratus, p.p. of obsecrare, prop., to ask on religious grounds; ob (see Ob-) + sacrare to declare as sacred, from sacer sacred.]
Definition: To beseech; to supplicate; to implore. [R.]. Cockerman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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