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.
HYMNOLOGY
Etymology
Noun
hymnology (usually uncountable, plural hymnologies)
The study of hymns; hymnody.
Source: Wiktionary
Hym*nol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. hymnologie.]
1. The hymns or sacred lyrics composed by authors of a particular country or period; as, the hymnology of the eighteenth century; also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body; as, the Anglican hymnology.
2. A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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