In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VILLAINAGE
villeinage, villainage
(noun) the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
villainage (countable and uncountable, plural villainages)
Alternative form of villeinage
Source: Wiktionary
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