In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FIXITIES
Noun
fixities
plural of fixity
Source: Wiktionary
FIXITY
Fix"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fixité.]
1. Fixedness; as, fixity of tenure; also, that which is fixed.
2. Coherence of parts. Sir I. Newton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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