According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
NUNCUPATE
Etymology
Verb
nuncupate (third-person singular simple present nuncupates, present participle nuncupating, simple past and past participle nuncupated)
(transitive) To dedicate.
(transitive) To solemnly pronounce
(transitive, legal) To declare, usually of a will, by word of mouth only.
Source: Wiktionary
Nun"cu*pate, v. t. Etym: [L. nuncupatus, p. p. of nuncupare to nuncupate, prob. fr. nomen name + capere to take.]
1. To declare publicly or solemnly; to proclaim formally. [Obs.] In whose presence did St. Peter nuncupate it Barrow.
2. To dedicate by declaration; to inscribe; as, to nuncupate a book. [Obs.] Evelyn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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