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.
KINFOLK
family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
(noun) people descended from a common ancestor; “his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
kinfolk (countable and uncountable, plural kinfolks)
(US, also in plural) Relatives, relations.
Synonyms
• family
• relations
• relatives
Anagrams
• folknik
Source: Wiktionary
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TRUNCATION
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
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