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.
ORBITY
Etymology
Noun
orbity (plural orbities)
(obsolete) A bereavement by loss of parents or children; the state of being orbate; orbation.
Discontents and grievances […] peculiar to private men, as cares, crosses, losses, death of friends, poverty, want, sickness, orbities, abuses, […]
Source: Wiktionary
Or"bi*tude, Or"bi*ty, n. Etym: [L. orbitudo, orbitas, fr. orbus: cf. F. orbité. See Orbate.]
Definition: Orbation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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