In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SUCCESSIVENESS
sequence, chronological sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological succession
(noun) a following of one thing after another in time; “the doctor saw a sequence of patients”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
successiveness (uncountable)
The quality or state of being successive.
Source: Wiktionary
Suc*ces"sive*ness, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being successive.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BOOK
(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”
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