In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TEUTONIC
Teutonic, Germanic
(adjective) of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages; “Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British”; “Germanic mythology”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Teu*ton"ic, a. Etym: [L. Teutonicus, from Teutoni, or Teutones. See Teuton.]
1. Of or pertaining to the Teutons, esp. the ancient Teutons; Germanic.
2. Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages. Teutonic languages, a group of languages forming a division of the Indo-European, or Aryan, family, and embracing the High German, Low German, Gothic, and Scandinavian dialects and languages.
– Teutonic order, a military religious order of knights, established toward the close of the twelfth century, in imitation of the Templars and Hospitalers, and composed chiefly of Teutons, or Germans. The order rapidly increased in numbers and strength till it became master of all Prussia, Livonia, and Pomerania. In its decay it was abolished by Napoleon; but it has been revived as an honorary order.
Teu*ton"ic, n.
Definition: The language of the ancient Germans; the Teutonic languages, collectively.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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