In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PARAMOUNTCY
paramountcy
(noun) the state of being paramount; the highest rank or authority
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
paramountcy (countable and uncountable, plural paramountcies)
The fact or condition of being paramount; supremacy, precedence. [from 17th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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