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.
SURVIVANCE
Etymology
Noun
survivance (countable and uncountable, plural survivances)
(now, rare) Survival.
Succession to an estate, office etc. of someone who survives the previous holder, as nominated by them; survivorship.
(Canada) The survival of Francophone culture in the face of Anglo-American hegemony.
Source: Wiktionary
Sur*viv"ance, Sur*viv"an*cy, n. Etym: [F. survivance.]
Definition: Survivorship. [R.] His son had the survivance of the stadtholdership. Bp. Burnet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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18 November 2024
AWRY
(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”
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