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.
HOUSELS
Verb
housels
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of housel
Proper noun
Housels
plural of Housel
Source: Wiktionary
HOUSEL
Hou"sel, n. Etym: [OE. housel, husel, AS. h; akin to Icel. h, Goth. hunsl a sacrifice.]
Definition: The eucharist. [Archaic] Rom. of R. Tennyson.
Hou"sel, v. t. Etym: [AS. h.]
Definition: To administer the eucharist to. [Archaic] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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