In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ARISTOCRATISM
Etymology
Noun
aristocratism (countable and uncountable, plural aristocratisms)
(politics) The principles of aristocrats.
Aristocrats collectively.
Source: Wiktionary
Ar"is*to*crat`ism, n.
1. The principles of aristocrats. Romilly.
2. Aristocrats, collectively. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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