In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RETROCHOIR
Etymology
Noun
retrochoir (plural retrochoirs)
(architecture) Any extension of a church behind the high altar, such as a chapel.
(architecture) In an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.
Synonyms
• back-choir
Source: Wiktionary
Re"tro*choir, n. Etym: [Pref. retro- + choir.] (Eccl. Arch.)
Definition: Any extension of a church behind the higggggggh altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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