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.
SERVIENT
Etymology
Adjective
servient (comparative more servient, superlative most servient)
(obsolete, legal) subordinate
Anagrams
• nerviest, reinvest, sirvente
Source: Wiktionary
Serv"i*ent, a. Etym: [L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. See Serve.]
Definition: Subordinate. [Obs. except in law.] Dyer. Servient tenement or estate (Law), that on which the burden of a servitude or an easement is imposed. Cf. Dominant estate, under Dominant. Gale & Whately.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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