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.
APARTMENTS
Noun
apartments
plural of apartment
Source: Wiktionary
APARTMENT
A*part"ment, n. Etym: [F. appartement; cf. It. appartamento, fr. appartare to separate, set apart; all fr. L. ad + pars, partis, part. See Apart.]
1. A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions. Fielding.
2. A set or suite of rooms. De Quincey.
3. A compartment. [Obs.] Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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