In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
APIARY
apiary, bee house
(noun) a shed containing a number of beehives
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
apiary (plural apiaries)
A place where bees and their hives are kept.
Hyponyms
• beehive
Anagrams
• piraya
Source: Wiktionary
A"pi*a*ry, n. Etym: [L. apiarium, fr. apis bee.]
Definition: A place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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