In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COLLOQUIES
Noun
colloquies
plural of colloquy
Anagrams
• colloquise
Source: Wiktionary
COLLOQUY
Col"lo*quy, n.; pl. Colloquies. Etym: [L. colloquium. See Collocution.]
1. Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation. They went to Worms, to the colloquy there about religion. A. Wood.
2. In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship.
COLLOQUY
Col"lo*quy, n.; pl. Colloquies. Etym: [L. colloquium. See Collocution.]
1. Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation. They went to Worms, to the colloquy there about religion. A. Wood.
2. In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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