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.
hymn, anthem
(noun) a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
anthem
(noun) a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
anthem (plural anthems)
(archaic) Antiphon.
A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric.
A hymn of praise or loyalty.
(informal) A very popular song or track.
anthem (third-person singular simple present anthems, present participle antheming, simple past and past participle anthemed)
(transitive, poetic) To celebrate with anthems.
• Hemant, hetman, mentha, nameth, the man
Source: Wiktionary
An"them, n. Etym: [OE. antym, antefne, AS. antefen, fr. LL. antiphona, fr. Gr. anthaine, anteine, antieune, F. antienne. See Antiphon.]
1. Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music.
2. A song or hymn of praise. Milton.
An"them, v. t.
Definition: To celebrate with anthems. [Poet.] Sweet birds antheming the morn. Keats.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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.