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.
SHRIEVALTY
Noun
shrievalty (plural shrievalties)
The office, jurisdiction, or tenure of a sheriff
Synonyms
• sheriffalty
Source: Wiktionary
Shriev"al*ty, n. Etym: [Contr. from sheriffalty. See Shrieve, n. Sheriff.]
Definition: The office, or sphere of jurisdiction, of a sheriff; sheriffalty. It was ordained by 28 Edward I that the people shall have election of sheriff in every shire where the shrievalty is not of inheritance. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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