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.
FEMES
Noun
femes
plural of feme
Source: Wiktionary
FEME
Feme ( or ), n. Etym: [OF. feme, F. femme.] (Old Law)
Definition: A woman. Burrill. Feme covert (Law), a married woman. See Covert, a., 3.
– Feme sole (Law), a single or unmarried woman; a woman who has never been married, or who has been divorced, or whose husband is dead.
– Feme sole trader or merchant (Eng. Law), a married woman, by the custom of London, engages in business on her own account, inpendently of her husband.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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