In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
IMMANACLE
Etymology
Verb
immanacle (third-person singular simple present immanacles, present participle immanacling, simple past and past participle immanacled)
(transitive) To manacle; to fetter.
Source: Wiktionary
Im*man"a*cle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immanacled; p. pr. & vb. n. Immanacling.]
Definition: To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from free action. Although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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