In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SUPERVISAL
Etymology
Noun
supervisal (countable and uncountable, plural supervisals)
(dated) supervision
Source: Wiktionary
Su`per*vis"al, n.
Definition: Supervision. Walpole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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