In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PROVINCIALITY
Etymology
Noun
provinciality (countable and uncountable, plural provincialities)
The quality of being provincial.
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*vin`ci*al"i*ty, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being provincial; peculiarity of language characteristic of a province. T. Warton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SOAK
(noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); “a good soak put life back in the wagon”
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