In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
THURIFY
cense, incense, thurify
(verb) perfume especially with a censer
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
thurify (third-person singular simple present thurifies, present participle thurifying, simple past and past participle thurified)
(transitive) To cense; to perfume with incense.
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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