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.
PROSPERITIES
Noun
prosperities
plural of prosperity
Source: Wiktionary
PROSPERITY
Pros*per"i*ty, n. Etym: [F. prospérité, L. prosperitas. See Prosperous.]
Definition: The state of being prosperous; advance or gain in anything good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; attainment of the object desired; good fortune; success; as, commercial prosperity; national prosperity. Now prosperity begins to mellow. Shak. Prosperities can only be enjoyed by them who fear not at all to lose the Jer. Taylor.
Syn.
– Fortunate; successful; flourishing; thriving; favorable; auspicious; lucky. See Fortunate.
– Pros"per*ous*ly, adv.
– Pros"per*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUPERIORITY
(noun) displaying a sense of being better than others; “he hated the white man’s superiority and condescension”
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