In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
pastorale, pastoral, idyll, idyl
(noun) a musical composition that evokes rural life
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Pas`to*ra"le, n. Etym: [It.]
1. (Mus.)
Definition: A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time.
2. A kind of dance; a kind of figure used in a dance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 June 2025
(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.