In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HYMNOGRAPHER
Etymology
Noun
hymnographer (plural hymnographers)
A writer whose subject is hymns.
A person who composes hymns.
Source: Wiktionary
Hym*nog"ra*pher, n.
1. One who writes on the subject of hymns.
2. A writer or composed of hymns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUCH
(adjective) of so extreme a degree or extent; “such weeping”; “so much weeping”; “such a help”; “such grief”; “never dreamed of such beauty”
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