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.
BARTISAN
Etymology
Noun
bartisan (plural bartisans)
(architecture) A parapet with battlements projecting from the top of a tower in a castle or church.
Source: Wiktionary
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CHATTEL
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
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