In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ANTIQUITY
antiquity
(noun) an artifact surviving from the past
ancientness, antiquity
(noun) extreme oldness
antiquity
(noun) the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Antiquity
The period of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
Synonyms
• classical antiquity
Etymology
Noun
antiquity (countable and uncountable, plural antiquities)
Ancient times; faraway history; former ages
The people of ancient times.
• That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has avowed. —Sir W. Raleigh.
(obsolete) An old gentleman.
• You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench. —B. Jonson.
(history) The historical period preceding the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500), primarily relating to European history.
(often, constructed as an uncountable plural) A relic or monument of ancient times, such as a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
The state of being ancient or of ancient lineage.
Source: Wiktionary
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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