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.
HYPOCRITES
Proper noun
Hypocrites
The sixty-third sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Noun
hypocrites
plural of hypocrite
Source: Wiktionary
HYPOCRITE
Hyp"o*crite, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. hypocrita, Gr. Hypocrisy.]
Definition: One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety. The hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job viii. 13. I dare swear he is no hypocrite, but prays from his heart. Shak.
Syn.
– Deceiver; pretender; cheat. See Dissembler.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
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MONASTICISM
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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