In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TOTALITIES
Noun
totalities
plural of totality
Source: Wiktionary
TOTALITY
To*tal"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. totalite, LL. totalitas.]
1. The quality or state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse.
2. The whole sum; the whole quantity or amount; the entirety; as, the totalityof human knowledge. Buckle. The totality of a sentence or passage. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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