In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
magistery (countable and uncountable, plural magisteries)
Mastery; powerful medical influence; renowned efficacy; a sovereign remedy.
A magisterial injunction.
(chemistry) A precipitate; a fine substance deposited by precipitation; applied in old chemistry to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions
Source: Wiktionary
Mag"is*ter*y, n. Etym: [L. magisterium the office of a chief, president, director, tutor. See Magistrate.]
1. Mastery; powerful medical influence; renowned efficacy; a sovereign remedy. [Obs.] Holland.
2. A magisterial injunction. [R.] Brougham.
3. (Chem.)
Definition: A precipitate; a fine substance deposited by precipitation; -- applied in old chemistry to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions; as, magistery of bismuth. Ure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 February 2025
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.