In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
REMERCY
Etymology
Verb
remercy (third-person singular simple present remercies, present participle remercying, simple past and past participle remercied)
(transitive, now rare) To thank (someone).
Anagrams
• mercery
Source: Wiktionary
Re*mer"cie, Re*mer"cy, v. t. Etym: [F. remercier; pref. re- re- + OF. mercier to thank, from OF. & F. merci. See Mercy.]
Definition: To thank. [Obs.] She him remercied as the patron of her life. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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