In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SECTARY
sectarian, sectary, sectarist
(noun) a member of a sect; “most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sectary (plural sectaries)
A member of a particular sect, school of thought or practice, party, or profession; a sectarian.
(Christianity) A Protestant dissenter or nonconformist.
Anagrams
• Treacys
Source: Wiktionary
Sec"ta*ry, n.;pl. Sectaries. Etym: [F. sectaire. See Sect.]
Definition: A sectarian; a member or adherent of a sect; a follower or disciple of some particular teacher in philosophy or religion; one who separates from an established church; a dissenter. I never knew that time in England when men of truest religion were not counted sectaries. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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