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.
HETERARCHY
Etymology
Noun
heterarchy (countable and uncountable, plural heterarchies)
(uncountable) The rule of an alien; rule from without; government by an extraterritorial power.
(countable) An example of this government.
A system of organization where the elements of the organization are unranked (non-hierarchical) or where they possess the potential to be ranked a number of different ways.
Source: Wiktionary
Het"er*arch`y, n. Etym: [Hetero- + -archy.]
Definition: The government of an alien. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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