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.
CATALEXIS
catalexis
(noun) the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
catalexis (plural catalexes)
A shortened or incomplete last foot at the end of a verse.
Truncation at the close of a line of poetry by omission of one or two final syllables.
Source: Wiktionary
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OWNER
(noun) (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; “he is the owner of a chain of restaurants”
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