In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SEMINARIST
seminarian, seminarist
(noun) a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
seminarist (plural seminarists)
(Roman Catholicism) A student training to be a priest at a Roman Catholic seminary.
Synonym: seminarian
(now rare) A member of a seminar.
Source: Wiktionary
Sem`i*na"ri*an, Sem"i*na*rist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. séminariste.]
Definition: A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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