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.
HOMILY
homily, preachment
(noun) a sermon on a moral or religious topic
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
homily (plural homilies)
(Christianity) A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.
A moralizing lecture.
A platitude.
Source: Wiktionary
Hom"i*ly, n.; pl. Homilies. Etym: [LL. homilia, Gr. homélie. See Same.]
1. A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse. Shak.
2. A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or on the conduct of life. As I have heard my father Deal out in his long homilies. Byron. Book of Homilies. A collection of authorized, printed sermons, to be read by ministers in churches, esp. one issued in the time of Edward VI., and a second, issued in the reign of Elizabeth; -- both books being certified to contain a "godly and wholesome doctrine."
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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