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.
CANTILLATE
chant, intone, intonate, cantillate
(verb) recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; “The rabbi chanted a prayer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
cantillate (third-person singular simple present cantillates, present participle cantillating, simple past and past participle cantillated)
To chant, or to recite musically (especially in a synagogue).
Anagrams
• Cattellian
Source: Wiktionary
Can"til*late, v. i. Etym: [L. cantillatus, p. p. of cantillare to sing low, dim. of cantare. See Cantata.]
Definition: To chant; to recite with musical tones. M. Stuart.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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