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.
FORTNIGHT
fortnight, two weeks
(noun) a period of fourteen consecutive days; “most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fortnight (plural fortnights)
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A period of 2 weeks.
Source: Wiktionary
Fort"night` (; in U.S. often ; 277), n. Etym: [Contr. fr. fourteen nights, our ancestors reckoning time by nights and winters; so, also, seven nights, sennight, a week.]
Definition: The space of fourteen days; two weeks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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