In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HARMONISTS
Noun
harmonists
plural of harmonist
Noun
Harmonists
plural of Harmonist
Source: Wiktionary
HARMONIST
Har"mo*nist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. harmoniste.]
1. One who shows the agreement or harmony of corresponding passages of different authors, as of the four evangelists.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: One who understands the principles of harmony or is skillful in applying them in composition; a musical composer.
Har"mo*nist, Har"mo*nite, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Definition: One of a religious sect, founded in Würtemburg in the last century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had all their property in common. In 1803, a portion of this sect settled in Pennsylvania and called the village thus established, Harmony.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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