DETHRONEMENT

deposition, dethronement

(noun) the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

dethronement (plural dethronements)

The act of being dethroned; the state of having been dethroned or removed from a superior place in a hierarchy.

Source: Wiktionary


De*throne"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. détrônement.]

Definition: Deposal from a throne; deposition from regal power.

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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