In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ENDURANCE
endurance
(noun) the power to withstand hardship or stress; “the marathon tests a runner’s endurance”
survival, endurance
(noun) a state of surviving; remaining alive
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
endurance (countable and uncountable, plural endurances)
The measure of a person's stamina or persistence.
Ability to endure hardship.
(nautical) The length of time that a ship's rations will supply
Synonyms
• thole (obsolete, rare, or regional)
Source: Wiktionary
En*dur"ance, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. endurance. See Endure.]
1. A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance. Slurring with an evasive answer the question concerning the endurance of his own possession. Sir W. Scott.
2. The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience. Their fortitude was most admirable in their patience and endurance of all evils, of pain and of death. Sir W. Temple.
Syn.
– Suffering; patience; fortitude; resignation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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