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.
DISSIDENTS
Noun
dissidents
plural of dissident
Source: Wiktionary
DISSIDENT
Dis"si*dent, a. Etym: [L. dissidens, -entis, p. pr. of dissidere to sit apart, to disagree; dis- + sedere to sit: cf. F. dissident. See Sit.]
Definition: No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different. Our life and manners be dissident from theirs. Robynson (More's Utopia).
Dis"si*dent, n. (Eccl.)
Definition: One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion. The dissident, habituated and taught to think of his dissidencI. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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