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.
NOCTURNS
Noun
nocturns
plural of nocturn
Source: Wiktionary
NOCTURN
Noc"turn, n. Etym: [F. nocturne, fr. L. nocturnus. See Nocturnal, and cf. Nocturne.]
1. An office of devotion, or act of religious service, by night.
2. One of the portions into which the Psalter was divided, each consisting of nine psalms, designed to be used at a night service. Hook.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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