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.
CLUNIAC
Clu"ni*ac, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Definition: A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine Order, founded in 912 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France.
– Also used as a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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