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.
FRATERS
Noun
fraters
plural of frater
Anagrams
• Rafters, farters, rafters, strafer
Source: Wiktionary
FRATER
Fra"ter, n. Etym: [L., a brother.] (Eccl.)
Definition: A monk; also, a frater house. [R.] Shipley. Frater house, an apartament in a convent used as an eating room; a refectory; -- called also a fratery.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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