In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
THEURGIES
Noun
theurgies
plural of theurgy
Source: Wiktionary
THEURGY
The"ur*gy, n. Etym: [L. theurgia, Gr. théurgie. See Theism, and Work.]
1. A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery.
2. A kind of magical science or art developed in Alexandria among the Neoplatonists, and supposed to enable man to influence the will of the gods by means of purification and other sacramental rites. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
3. In later or modern magic, that species of magic in which effects are claimed to be produced by supernatural agency, in distinction from natural magic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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