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.
DEMONOLATRY
diabolatry, demonolatry, devil-worship
(noun) the acts or rites of worshiping devils
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
demonolatry (usually uncountable, plural demonolatries)
Worship of demons.
Source: Wiktionary
De`mon*ol"a*try, n. Etym: [Gr. dai`mwn demon + latrei`a worship, démonolâtrie.]
Definition: The worship of demons.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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