In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ORPHARION
Etymology
Noun
orpharion (plural orpharions)
(music) A musical instrument of the Renaissance, part of the cittern family, whose metal strings are tuned like a lute's and plucked with the fingers.
Source: Wiktionary
Or*pha"ri*on, n. (Mus.)
Definition: An old instrument of the lute or cittern kind. [Spelt also orpheoreon.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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