In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RETENTIVITIES
Noun
retentivities
plural of retentivity
Source: Wiktionary
RETENTIVITY
Re`ten*tiv"i*ty, n.
Definition: The power of retaining; retentive force; as, the retentivity of a magnet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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