In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LECTURN
Noun
lecturn (plural lecturns)
Obsolete form of lectern.
Source: Wiktionary
Lec"turn, n. Etym: [LL. lectrinum, fr. lectrum; cf. L. legere, lectum, to read.]
Definition: A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a reading desk. [Written also lectern and lettern]. Fairholt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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