In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UNIVOCALLY
Etymology
Adverb
univocally (not comparable)
In a univocal manner.
Synonyms
• expressly, unambiguously; see also explicitly
Source: Wiktionary
U*niv"o*cal*ly, adv.
Definition: In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not equivocally. How is sin univocally distinguished into venial and mortal, if the venial be not sin Bp. Hall.
UNIVOCAL
U*niv"o*cal, a. Etym: [L. univocus; unus one + vox, vocis, a voice, word. See One, and Voice.]
1. Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with equivocal.
2. Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See Unison, n., 2.
3. Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
4. Unequivocal; indubitable. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
U*niv"o*cal, n.
1. (Aristotelian Logic)
Definition: A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces.
2. A word having but one meaning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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