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.
FIFTEENTH
fifteenth, th
(adjective) coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position
fifteenth
(noun) position 15 in a countable series of things
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
fifteenth (not comparable)
The ordinal form of the number fifteen.
Synonyms
• 15th, 15th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XV
Noun
fifteenth (plural fifteenths)
The person or thing in the fifteenth position.
One of fifteen equal parts of a whole.
(music) The interval comprising two octaves.
Source: Wiktionary
Fif"teenth`, a. Etym: [OE. fiftenthe; cf. fiftethe, AS. fifte. See Fifteen.]
1. Next in order after the fourteenth; -- the ordinal of fifteen.
2. Consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.
Fif"teenth`, n.
1. One of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a unit divided by fifteen.
2. A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at. Burrill.
3. (Mus.) (a) A stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the diaposon. (b) An interval consisting of two octaves.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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