An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
PURVEYANCE
purveyance
(noun) the act of supplying something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
purveyance (countable and uncountable, plural purveyances)
The act of purveying.
(British, historical) The prerogative of the Crown to static separation of duty with goods and services for royal use.
Source: Wiktionary
Pur*vey"ance, n. Etym: [Cf. F. pourvoyance.]
1. The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management. Chaucer. The ill purveyance of his page. Spenser.
2. That which is provided; provisions; food.
3. (Eng. Law)
Definition: A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished. Wharton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MONASTICISM
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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