In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CALIPHATES
Noun
caliphates
plural of caliphate
Anagrams
• acephalist, cataphiles, chaptalise
Source: Wiktionary
CALIPHATE
Cal"i*phate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. califat.]
Definition: The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TERNARY
(adjective) having three units or components or elements; “a ternary operation”; “a treble row of red beads”; “overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”; “triple time has three beats per measure”; “triplex windows”
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