In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PATERNITIES
Noun
paternities
plural of paternity
Source: Wiktionary
PATERNITY
Pa*ter"ni*ty, n. Etym: [L. paternitas: cf. F. paternité. See Paternal.]
1. The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity. The world, while it had scarcity of people, underwent no other dominion than paternity and eldership. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child.
3. Origin; authorship. The paternity of these novels was . . . disputed. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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