Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
MAJORATS
Noun
majorats
plural of majorat
Source: Wiktionary
MAJORAT
Ma`jo`rat", n. Etym: [F. majorat, LL. majoratus. See Major, a., and cf. Majorate.]
1. The right of succession to property according to age; -- so termed in some of the countries of continental Europe.
2. (French Law)
Definition: Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of honor as to descend with it.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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