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.
FALSIFICATIONS
Noun
falsifications
plural of falsification
Source: Wiktionary
FALSIFICATION
Fal`si*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. falsification.]
1. The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not. To counterfeit the living image of king in his person exceedeth all falsifications. Bacon.
2. Willful misstatement or misrepresentation. Extreme necessity . . . forced him upon this bold and violent falsification of the doctrine of the alliance. Bp. Warburton.
3. (Equity)
Definition: The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong. Story.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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