In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SUBNASAL
Etymology
Adjective
subnasal (not comparable)
Located under the nose.
Noun
subnasal (plural subnasals)
A scale located below the nasal scale.
Source: Wiktionary
Sub*na"sal, a. (Anat.)
Definition: Situated under the nose; as, the subnasal point, or the middle point of the inferior border of the anterior nasal aperture.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CONSECRATION
(noun) (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God; “the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church”
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