In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FETICHES
Noun
fetiches
plural of fetich
plural of fetiche
Anagrams
• chiefest
Source: Wiktionary
FETICH
Fe"tich, Fe"tish, n.Etym: [F. fétiche, from Pg. feiti, adj., n., sorcery, charm, fr. L. facticius made by art, artifical, factitious. See Factitious.]
1. A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to control that being.
2. Any object to which one is excessively devoted.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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