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.
ARRIERE
Etymology
Noun
arriere (plural arrieres)
(obsolete) That which is behind or subordinate; the rear.
Source: Wiktionary
Ar*riere", n. Etym: [F. arrière. See Arrear.]
Definition: "That which is behind"; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate. Arriere fee, Arriere fief, a fee or fief dependent on a superior fee, or a fee held of a feudatory.
– Arriere vassal, the vassal of a vassal.
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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