excellences
plural of excellence
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"cel*lence, n. Etym: [F. excellence, L. excellentia.]
1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue. Consider first that great Or bright infers not excellence. Milton.
2. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue. With every excellence refined. Beattie.
3. A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form excellency. I do greet your excellence With letters of commission from the king. Shak.
Syn.
– Superiority; preëminence; perfection; worth; goodness; purity; greatness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 October 2024
(noun) a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus
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.
