In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RECONSECRATE
reconsecrate
(verb) consecrate anew, as after a desecration
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
reconsecrate (third-person singular simple present reconsecrates, present participle reconsecrating, simple past and past participle reconsecrated)
(transitive) To consecrate again.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*con"se*crate (-kn"s*krt), v. t.
Definition: To consecrate anew or again.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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