In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
NOTORIETIES
Noun
notorieties
plural of notoriety
Source: Wiktionary
NOTORIETY
No`to*ri"e*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. notoriété. See Notorious.]
Definition: The quality or condition of being notorious; the state of being generally or publicly known; -- commonly used in an unfavorable sense; as, the notoriety of a crime. They were not subjects in their own nature so exposed to public notoriety. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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