In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PARS
Noun
pars
plural of par
Verb
pars
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of par
Anagrams
• APRs, Arps, PSRA, RAPs, arps, raps, rasp, sapr-, spar
Source: Wiktionary
PAR
Par, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: See Parr.
Par, prep. Etym: [F., fr. L. per. See Per.]
Definition: By; with; -- used frequently in Early English in phrases taken from the French, being sometimes written as a part of the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.
Par, n. Etym: [L. par, adj., equal. See Peer an equal.]
1. Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
2. Equality of condition or circumstances. At par, at the original price; neither at a discount nor at a premium.
– Above par, at a premium.
– Below par, at a discount.
– On a par, on a level; in the same condition, circumstances, position, rank, etc.; as, their pretensions are on a par; his ability is on a par with his ambition.
– Par of exchange. See under Exchange.
– Par value, nominal value; face value.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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