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.
DEMISSION
Etymology
Noun
demission (plural demissions)
(archaic) Resignation; abdication.
Anagrams
• Simonides, minisodes, missioned, simonised
Source: Wiktionary
De*mis"sion, n. Etym: [L. demissio, fr. demittere. See Demit.]
1. The act of demitting, or the state of being demitted; a letting down; a lowering; dejection. "Demission of mind." Hammond. Demission of sovereign authority. L'Estrange.
2. Resignation of an office. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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