In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
NOBLESSES
Noun
noblesses
plural of noblesse
Source: Wiktionary
NOBLESSE
No*bless", No*blesse", n. Etym: [F. noblesse. See Noble.]
1. Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser. B. Jonson.
2. The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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