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.
DIADEMED
Verb
diademed
simple past tense and past participle of diadem
Adjective
diademed (not comparable)
Wearing a diadem.
Source: Wiktionary
DIADEM
Di"a*dem, n. Etym: [F. diadème, L. diadema, fr. Gr. da to bind.]
1. Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later), also, a crown, in general. "The regal diadem." Milton.
2. Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as symbolized by the crown.
3. (Her.)
Definition: An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its center. Diadem lemur. (Zoöl.) See Indri.
– Diadem spider (Zoöl.), the garden spider.
Di"a*dem, v. t.
Definition: To adorn with a diadem; to crown. Not so, when diadem'd with rays divine. Pope. To terminate the evil, To diadem the right. R. H. Neale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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