In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ANTHROPOPATHISM
Noun
anthropopathism (countable and uncountable, plural anthropopathisms)
anthropopathy
Source: Wiktionary
An`thro*pop"a*thism, An`thro*pop"a*thy, n. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity. In its recoil from the gross anthropopathy of the vulgar notions, it falls into the vacuum of absolute apathy. Hare.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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