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.
ALIENISMS
Noun
alienisms
plural of alienism
Anagrams
• Milesians, lissamine
Source: Wiktionary
ALIENISM
Al"ien*ism, n.
1. The status or legal condition of an alien; alienage. The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism. Kent.
2. The study or treatment of diseases of the mind.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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