In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PERADVENTURES
Noun
peradventures
plural of peradventure
Source: Wiktionary
PERADVENTURE
Per`ad*ven"ture, adv. & conj. Etym: [OE. per aventure, F. par aventure. See Per, and Adventure.]
Definition: By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing. "If peradventure he speak against me." Shak. Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city. Gen. xviii. 24.
Per`ad*ven"ture, n.
Definition: Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond peradventure. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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