In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
INCARNATIONS
Noun
incarnations
plural of incarnation
Source: Wiktionary
INCARNATION
In`car*na"tion, n. Etym: [F. incarnation, LL. incarnatio.]
1. The act of clothing with flesh, or the state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in, a human body and nature.
2. (Theol.)
Definition: The union of the second person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ.
3. An incarnate form; a personification; a manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking exemplification in person or act. She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead. Jeffrey. The very incarnation of selfishness. F. W. Robertson.
4. A rosy or red color; flesh color; carnation. [Obs.]
5. (Med.)
Definition: The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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