In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DISTHRONIZE
Etymology
Verb
disthronize (third-person singular simple present disthronizes, present participle disthronizing, simple past and past participle disthronized)
(archaic, rare) To remove from the throne, to dethrone.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*thron"ize, v. t.
Definition: To dethrone. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) an intellectual hold or understanding; “a good grip on French history”; “they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities”; “he was in the grip of a powerful emotion”; “a terrible power had her in its grasp”
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