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.
COMMANDANT
Etymology
Noun
commandant (plural commandants)
A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division.
Noun
Commandant (plural Commandants)
(South Africa, military, historical) Title for the officer in charge of a commando or district.
Source: Wiktionary
Com`man*dant", n. Etym: [F., orig. p. pr. of commander.]
Definition: A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TERNARY
(adjective) having three units or components or elements; “a ternary operation”; “a treble row of red beads”; “overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”; “triple time has three beats per measure”; “triplex windows”
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