In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PEONAGE
peonage
(noun) the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged
peonage
(noun) the condition of a peon
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
peonage (plural peonages)
The state of being a peon; the system of paying back debt through servitude and labour; loosely, any system of involuntary servitude.
Source: Wiktionary
Pe"on*age, n.
Definition: The condition of a peon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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