In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EPARCHY
eparchy, exarchate
(noun) a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church
eparchy
(noun) a province in ancient Greece
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
eparchy (plural eparchies)
one of the districts of the Roman Empire at the third echelon
one of the administrative sub-provincial units of post-Ottoman independent Greece
in pre-schism Christian Church, name for a province under the supervision of the metropolitan
in Eastern Christendom, diocese of a bishop
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Ep"arch*y, n. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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