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.
INVITATION
invitation
(noun) a tempting allurement; “she was an invitation to trouble”
invitation
(noun) a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something; “an invitation to lunch”; “she threw the invitation away”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
invitation (countable and uncountable, plural invitations)
The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.
A document or verbal message conveying an invitation.
Allurement; enticement.
(fencing) A line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.
(Christianity) The brief exhortation introducing the confession in the Anglican communion-office.
(bridge)
Synonyms
• (solicitation): invitement (obsolete)
Source: Wiktionary
In`vi*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. invitatio: cf. F. invitation. See Invite.]
1. The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend.
2. A document written or printed, or spoken words,
3. Allurement; enticement. [R.] She gives the leer of invitation. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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