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.
MUNDANE
mundane, terrene
(adjective) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; “not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind”; “so terrene a being as himself”
everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday
(adjective) found in the ordinary course of events; “a placid everyday scene”; “it was a routine day”; “there’s nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute”- Anita Diamant
mundane, terrestrial
(adjective) concerned with the world or worldly matters; “mundane affairs”; “he developed an immense terrestrial practicality”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
mundane (comparative mundaner, superlative mundanest)
Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
Synonym: worldly
Antonyms: heavenly, arcane
Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.
Ordinary; not new.
Synonyms: banal, boring, commonplace, everyday, routine, workaday, jejune, pedestrian, Thesaurus:boring, Thesaurus:common
Tedious; repetitive and boring.
Synonym: Thesaurus:boring
Noun
mundane (plural mundanes)
An unremarkable, ordinary human being.
(slang, derogatory, in various subcultures) A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group.
(fandom slang) The world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world.
(derogatory, satanism) A person not a Satanist.
Synonyms
• (ordinary person): See mundane
• (mainstream person): See mainstreamer
Anagrams
• unnamed
Source: Wiktionary
Mun"dane, a. Etym: [L. mundanus, fr. mundus the world, an implement, toilet adornments, or dress; cf. mundus, a., clean, neat, Skr. mansds to adorn, dress, mansdsa adornment. Cf. Monde, Mound in heraldry.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere.
– Mun"dane*ly, adv. The defilement of mundane passions. I. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EVANGELICAL
(adjective) of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament
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