In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RIVALITY
Etymology
Noun
rivality (countable and uncountable, plural rivalities)
(obsolete) rivalry; competition
(obsolete) equality, as of right or rank
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• virality
Source: Wiktionary
Ri*val"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. rivalitas: cf. F. rivalité.]
1. Rivalry; competition. [Obs.]
2. Equality, as of right or rank. [Obs.] hak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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