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.
EMPYEMATA
Noun
empyemata
plural of empyema
Source: Wiktionary
EMPYEMA
Em`py*e"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Definition: A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura. Dunglison.
Note: The term empyema is now restricted to a collection of pus in the cavity of the pleura.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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