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.
ASCENDANCE
dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
(noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; “her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
ascendance (countable and uncountable, plural ascendances)
Ascendancy; superiority.
Anagrams
• adnascence
Source: Wiktionary
As*cend"an*cy, As*cend"ance, n.
Definition: Same as Ascendency.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BOOK
(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”
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