In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SEVENTIETH
seventieth, th
(adjective) the ordinal number of seventy in counting order
seventieth
(noun) position 70 in a countable series of things
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
seventieth (not comparable)
The ordinal form of the number seventy.
Synonyms
• 70th, 70th
Noun
seventieth (plural seventieths)
The person or thing in the seventieth position.
One of seventy equal parts of a whole.
Source: Wiktionary
Sev"en*ti*eth, a. Etym: [AS. hund-seofontigoedha.]
1. Next in order after the sixty-ninth; as, a man in the seventieth year of his age.
2. Constituting or being one of seventy equal parts.
Sev"en*ti*eth, n.
1. One next in order after the sixty-ninth.
2. The quotient of a unit divided by seventy; one of seventy equal parts or fractions.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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