In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DIVINIFY
Etymology
Verb
divinify (third-person singular simple present divinifies, present participle divinifying, simple past and past participle divinified)
(transitive, obsolete) To render divine; to deify.
Source: Wiktionary
Di*vin"i*fy, v. t. Etym: [L. divinus divine + -fy.]
Definition: To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] "Blessed and divinified soul." Parth. Sacra (1633).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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