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.
RESPLENDENCY
glory, resplendence, resplendency
(noun) brilliant radiant beauty; “the glory of the sunrise”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
resplendency (countable and uncountable, plural resplendencies)
resplendence, radiant beauty
(mathematics) A property of the truth of sentence structures in Peano arithmetic
Source: Wiktionary
Re*splen"dence, Re*splen"den*cy, n. Etym: [L. resplendentia.]
Definition: The quality or state of being resplendent; brilliant luster; vivid brightness; splendor. Son! thou in whom my glory I behold In full resplendence, heir of all my might. Milton. The resplendency of his own almighty goodness. Dr. J. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESCRIPTIVE
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
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