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.
HIDAGE
Etymology
Noun
hidage (plural hidages)
(UK, legal, obsolete or historical) A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of land.
Source: Wiktionary
Hid"age, n. Etym: [From hide a quantity of land.] (O. Eng. Law.)
Definition: A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of land. [Written also hydage.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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