In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PRIESTCRAFTS
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priestcrafts
plural of priestcraft
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PRIESTCRAFT
Priest"craft`, n.
Definition: Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others. It is better that men should be governed by priestcraft than by violence. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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