CHAMPIONSHIP

backing, backup, championship, patronage

(noun) the act of providing approval and support; “his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives”

championship

(noun) a competition at which a champion is chosen

championship, title

(noun) the status of being a champion; “he held the title for two years”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

championship (countable and uncountable, plural championships)

(sports) A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.

The position of champion, or winner.

Defense or support of some cause.

Source: Wiktionary


Cham"pi*on*ship, n.

Definition: State of being champion; leadership; supremancy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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