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.
LOFTINESS
stateliness, majesty, loftiness
(noun) impressiveness in scale or proportion
highness, loftiness
(noun) the quality of being high or lofty
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
loftiness (countable and uncountable, plural loftinesses)
The state of being lofty.
arrogance or haughtiness
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Source: Wiktionary
Loft"i*ness, n.
Definition: The state or quality of being lofty.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CONNECTION
(noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); “there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare”
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