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.
LIONISM
Etymology
Noun
lionism (plural lionisms)
(dated) An attracting of attention, as a lion (celebrity); the treating or regarding as a lion.
Source: Wiktionary
Li"on*ism, n.
Definition: An attracting of attention, as a lion; also, the treating or regarding as a lion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRACE
(verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; “We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba”; “trace the student’s progress”; “trace one’s ancestry”
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