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.
EXECRATIONS
Noun
execrations
plural of execration
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EXECRATION
Ex`e*cra"tion, n. Etym: [L. execratio, exsecratio: cf. F. exécration.]
1. The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed. Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. Shak.
2. That which is execrated; a detested thing. Ye shall be an execration and . . . a curse. Jer. xlii. 18.
Syn.
– See Malediction.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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