In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VERSIONS
Noun
versions
plural of version
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• Iversons
Source: Wiktionary
VERSION
Ver"sion, n. Etym: [F., from L. vertere, versum, to turn, to change, to translate. See Verse.]
1. A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning. The version of air into water. Bacon.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See Anteversion, and Retroversion.
3. The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language.
4. A translation; that which is rendered from another language; as, the Common, or Authorized, Version of the Scriptures (see under Authorized); the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament.
5. An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account; as, he gave another version of the affair.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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