In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
QUADRAGESIMA
Quadragesima, Quadrigesima Sunday
(noun) the first Sunday in Lent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Quad`ra*ges"i*ma, n. Etym: [L., fr. quadragesimus the fortieth, fr. quadraginta forty; akin to quattuor four. See Four.] (Eccl.)
Definition: The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent. Quadragesima Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, about forty days before Easter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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