In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LENTENTIDE
Lent, Lententide
(noun) a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Lent"en*tide`, n.
Definition: The season of Lenten or Lent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HYPOTHETICAL
(noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”
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