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.
INURNING
Verb
inurning
present participle of inurn
Source: Wiktionary
INURN
In*urn", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inurned; p. pr. & vb. n. Inurning.]
Definition: To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; to intomb. The sepulcher Wherein we saw thee quietly inurned. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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