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.
LIBELANT
Noun
libelant (plural libelants)
A party which has made a libel (hostile handbill) against a libelant
Source: Wiktionary
Li"bel*ant, n.
Definition: One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court. [Written also libellant.] Cranch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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