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.
OBE
Proper noun
OBE
Initialism of Office of Bilingual Education.
Initialism of Office of Business Economics. (US)
Initialism of Oregon Board of Education.
Initialism of Ottawa Board Of Education.
Noun
OBE (countable and uncountable, plural OBEs)
Initialism of Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Initialism of operating-basis earthquake.
Initialism of out-of-body experience.
(powerkiting slang) Initialism of out of buggy experience.
Initialism of outcome-based education.
Adjective
OBE (not comparable)
Initialism of overcome / overtaken by events (i.e, now obsolete)
Anagrams
• BEO, BOE, BoE, Boe, EOB, OEB
Etymology 1
Noun
obe (plural obes)
(historical) A particular subdivision of ancient Laconia.
Etymology 2
Noun
obe (uncountable)
Obsolete form of obeah.
Anagrams
• BEO, BOE, BoE, Boe, EOB, OEB
Source: Wiktionary
Ob"e (o"be), n.
Definition: See Obi.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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