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.
GOVERNANTE
Etymology
Noun
governante (plural governantes)
(obsolete) A female ruler or regent. [16th–20th c.]
(archaic) A woman in charge of someone else, especially a child or young woman; a governess. [from 17th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Gov"ern*ante", n. Etym: [F. gouvernante. See Govern.]
Definition: A governess. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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