In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
XENIUM
Etymology
Noun
xenium (plural xenia)
A gift or offering.
(historical, Ancient Greece, Rome) A gift given to guests or foreign ambassadors, often of food.
Source: Wiktionary
Xe"ni*um, n.; pl. Xenia. Etym: [L., from Gr. (Class. Antiq.)
Definition: A present given to a guest or stranger, or to a foreign ambassador.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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