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.
ANCHORETICAL
Adjective
anchoretical (comparative more anchoretical, superlative most anchoretical)
anchoretic
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An`cho*ret"ic, An`cho*ret"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. Gr.
Definition: Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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