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.
COVENABLY
Cov"e*na*bly (kv"-n-bly), adv.
Definition: Fitly; suitably. [Obs.] "Well and covenably." Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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