In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CIPPUS
Etymology
Noun
cippus (plural cippuses or cippi)
A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc.
(historical) The stocks.
Source: Wiktionary
Cip"pus, n.; pl. Cippi. Etym: [L., stake, post.]
Definition: A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc. Gwilt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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