In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EXIGENCE
Etymology
Noun
exigence (countable and uncountable, plural exigences)
exigency
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"i*gence, n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: Exigency. Hooker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CITATION
(noun) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; “the student’s essay failed to list several important citations”; “the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book”; “the article includes mention of similar clinical cases”
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