In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PRIMUS
primus
(noun) the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
primus (plural primuses)
One of the bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority.
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Noun
Primus (plural Primuses)
A Primus stove
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• purism
Source: Wiktionary
Pri"mus, n. Etym: [L., the first.]
Definition: One of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority. Internat. Cyc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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