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.
DECASTYLE
Etymology
Noun
decastyle (plural decastyles)
A portico with ten columns.
Source: Wiktionary
Dec"a*style, a. Etym: [Gr. (Arch.)
Definition: Having ten columns in front; -- said of a portico, temple, etc.
– n.
Definition: A portico having ten pillars or columns in front.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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