In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
THAUMATOLATRY
thaumatolatry, miracle-worship
(noun) the worship of miracles
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
thaumatolatry (uncountable)
(rare, obsolete) Worship or undue admiration of wonderful or miraculous things.
Source: Wiktionary
Thau`ma*tol"a*try, n. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: Worship or undue admiration of wonderful or miraculous things. [R.] The thaumatolatry by which our theology has been debased for more than a century. Hare.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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