In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OVERSOUL
Etymology
Noun
oversoul (plural oversouls)
(philosophy, especially in transcendentalism) A supreme reality or mind; the spiritual unity of all being.
Source: Wiktionary
O"ver*soul`, n.
Definition: The all-containing soul. [R.] That unity, that oversout, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other. Emerson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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