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.
BEDEHOUSE
Noun
bedehouse (plural bedehouses)
Alternative form of beadhouse
Source: Wiktionary
Bead"house`, Bede"house`, n. Etym: [OE. bede prayer + E. house. See Bead, n.]
Definition: An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
Bede"house`
Definition: ,n.Same as Beadhouse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
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