In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DECITIZENIZE
Etymology
Verb
decitizenize (third-person singular simple present decitizenizes, present participle decitizenizing, simple past and past participle decitizenized)
(transitive) To deprive of citizenship.
Source: Wiktionary
De*cit"i*zen*ize, v. t.
Definition: To deprive of the rights of citizenship. [R.] We have no law -- as the French have -- to decitizenize a citizen. Edw. Bates.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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