In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MUNDIFY
Etymology
Verb
mundify (third-person singular simple present mundifies, present participle mundifying, simple past and past participle mundified)
(obsolete) To cleanse.
Source: Wiktionary
Mun"di*fy, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. mondifier, L. mundificare. See Mundificant.]
Definition: To cleanse. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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