In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
IDOLS
Noun
idols
plural of idol
Anagrams
• SOLID, diols, lidos, loids, sloid, soldi, solid
Source: Wiktionary
IDOL
I"dol, n. Etym: [OE. idole, F. idole, L. idolum, fr. Gr. Wit, and cf. Eidolon.]
1. An image or representation of anything. [Obs.] Do her adore with sacred reverence, As th' idol of her maker's great magnificence. Spenser.
2. An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god. That they should not worship devils, and idols of gold. Rev. ix. 20.
3. That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored. The soldier's god and people's idol. Denham.
4. A false notion or conception; a fallacy. Bacon. The idols of preconceived opinion. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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