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.
NECROPOLIS
cemetery, graveyard, burial site, burial ground, burying ground, memorial park, necropolis
(noun) a tract of land used for burials
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
necropolis (plural necropolises or necropoleis or necropoles or necropoli)
(chiefly, historical, also, figuratively) A cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city.
Synonyms: necropole (rare), Thesaurus:cemetery
(archaeology) An ancient site used for burying the dead, particularly if consisting of elaborate grave monuments.
Anagrams
• prosocline
Source: Wiktionary
Ne*crop"o*lis, n.; pl. Necropolises. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Definition: A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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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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