In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PATERNOSTERS
Noun
paternosters
plural of paternoster
Anagrams
• seropatterns, transportees
Proper noun
Paternosters
plural of Paternoster
Anagrams
• seropatterns, transportees
Source: Wiktionary
PATERNOSTER
Pa"ter*nos`ter, n. Etym: [L., Our Father.]
1. The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version.
2. (Arch.)
Definition: A beadlike ornament in moldings.
3. (Angling)
Definition: A line with a row of hooks and bead Paternoster pump, Paternoster wheel, a chain pump; a noria.
– Paternoster while, the space of time required for repeating a paternoster. Udall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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