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.
RELIANCES
Noun
reliances
plural of reliance
Anagrams
• carelines, larcenies, scare line, scare-line
Source: Wiktionary
RELIANCE
Re*li"ance (-ans), n. Etym: [From Rely.]
1. The act of relying, or the condition or quality of being reliant; dependence; confidence; trust; repose of mind upon what is deemed sufficient support or authority. In reliance on promises which proved to be of very little value. Macaulay.
2. Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust; as, the boat was a poor reliance. Richardson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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