In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SYNCHRONY
synchronism, synchrony, synchronicity, synchroneity, synchronization, synchronisation, synchronizing
(noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time; “the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
synchrony (countable and uncountable, plural synchronies)
synchronicity, the state of two or more events occurring at the same time.
Source: Wiktionary
Syn"chro*ny, n.
Definition: The concurrence of events in time; synchronism. [R.] Geological contemporaneity is the same as chronological synchrony. Huxley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SPONGE
(noun) a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
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