In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CHAPELRY
Etymology
Noun
chapelry (plural chapelries)
The district attached to a chapel; a division of a large parish which has its own district chapel.
Source: Wiktionary
Chap"el*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. chapelerie.]
Definition: The territorial disrict legally assigned to a chapel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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