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.
IMPROPRIATIONS
Noun
impropriations
plural of impropriation
Source: Wiktionary
IMPROPRIATION
Im*pro`pri*a"tion, n.
1. The act of impropriating; as, the impropriation of property or tithes; also, that which is impropriated.
2. (Eng. Eccl. Law) (a) The act of putting an ecclesiastical benefice in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation. (b) A benefice in the hands of a layman, or of a lay corporation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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