In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MAMZERS
Noun
mamzers
plural of mamzer
Source: Wiktionary
MAMZER
Mam"zer, n. Etym: [Heb. mámz.]
Definition: A person born of relations between whom marriage was forbidden by the Mosaic law; a bastard. Deut. xxiii. 2 (Douay version).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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