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.
BRASSBOUND
brassbound
(adjective) having trim or fittings of brass; “a brassbound campaign chest”; “the heavy brassbound door”
ironclad, brassbound
(adjective) inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable; “brassbound traditions”; “brassbound party loyalists”; “an ironclad rule”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
brassbound (not comparable)
Bound with brass.
Source: Wiktionary
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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