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.
CORRIGIBLE
corrigible
(adjective) capable of being corrected or set right; “a corrigible defect”; “a corrigible prisoner”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
corrigible (comparative more corrigible, superlative most corrigible)
Able to be corrected or set right.
Synonym: correctable
Antonym: incorrigible
(obsolete) Submissive to correction
Synonym: docile
(obsolete) Deserving chastisement.
Synonym: punishable
(obsolete) Having power to correct.
Synonym: corrective
Source: Wiktionary
Cor"ri*gi*ble (kr"r-j-b'l), a. Etym: [LL. corribilis, fr. L. corrigere to correct: cf. F. corrigible. See Correrct.]
1. Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault.
2. Submissive to correction; docile. "Bending down his corrigible neck." Shak.
3. Deserving chastisement; punishable. [Obs.] He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language. Howell.
4. Having power to correct; corrective. [Obs.] The . . . .corrigible authority of this lies in our wills. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MONASTICISM
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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