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.
HERMITICAL
anchoritic, eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical
(adjective) characterized by ascetic solitude; “the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony”; “his hermitic existence”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
hermitical (comparative more hermitical, superlative most hermitical)
Pertaining to a hermit; reclusive.
Source: Wiktionary
Her*mit"i*cal, a.
Definition: Pertaining to, or suited for, a hermit. Coventry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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