In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MEDIACY
mediacy, mediateness
(noun) the quality of being mediate
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
mediacy (countable and uncountable, plural mediacies)
Mediation; presence of an intermediary.
Etymology 2
Noun
mediacy (countable and uncountable, plural mediacies)
The facility to work with words and numbers.
The facility to work with media.
Source: Wiktionary
Me"di*a*cy, n.
Definition: The state or quality of being mediate. Sir W. Hamilton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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