In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PHARISEES
Noun
Pharisees
plural of Pharisee
Coordinate terms
• Sadducees
• Essenes
Anagrams
• apheresis
Source: Wiktionary
PHARISEE
Phar"i*see, n. Etym: [L. Pharisaeus, Gr. parash to separate.]
Definition: One of a sect or party among the Jews, noted for a strict and formal observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders, and whose pretensions to superior sanctity led them to separate themselves from the other Jews.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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