In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GRADUATESHIP
Etymology
Noun
graduateship (countable and uncountable, plural graduateships)
State of being a graduate.
Source: Wiktionary
Grad"u*ate*ship, n.
Definition: State of being a graduate. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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