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.
SEVERALTIES
Noun
severalties
plural of severalty
Source: Wiktionary
SEVERALTY
Sev"er*al*ty, n.
Definition: A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right. Forests which had never been owned in severalty. Bancroft. Estate in severalty (Law), an estate which the tenant holds in his own right, without being joined in interest with any other person; -- distinguished from joint tenancy, coparcenary, and common. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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