In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ANTIQUITIES
Noun
antiquities
plural of antiquity
Source: Wiktionary
ANTIQUITY
An*tiq"ui*ty, n.; pl. Antiquities. Etym: [L. antiquitas, fr. antiquus: cf. F. antiquité. See Antique.]
1. The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.
2. Old age. [Obs.] It not your voice broken . . . and every part about you blasted with antiquity Shak.
3. Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.
4. The ancients; the people of ancient times. That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has Sir W. Raleigh.
5. An old gentleman. [Obs.] You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench. B. Jonson.
6. A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc. ; an ancient institution.
Note: [In this sense, usually in the plural.] "Heathen antiquities." Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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