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.
OCCUPANCIES
Noun
occupancies
plural of occupancy
Source: Wiktionary
OCCUPANCY
Oc"cu*pan*cy, n. Etym: [See Occupant.]
Definition: The act of taking or holding possession; possession; occupation. Title by occupancy (Law), a right of property acquired by taking the first possession of a thing, or possession of a thing which belonged to nobody, and appropriating it. Blackstone. Kent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACERVULUS
(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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