In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
ABSENTEE
absentee
(noun) one that is absent or not in residence
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
absentee (plural absentees)
A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
(chiefly, British, historical) A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
One that is nonexistent or lacking.
A voter that is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter. [First attested in the early 20th century.]
Adjective
absentee (not comparable)
(attributive) Pertaining to one that is absent. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
Source: Wiktionary
Ab`sen*tee", n.
Definition: One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUBDUCTION
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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