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.
NOMINALS
Noun
nominals
plural of nominal
Source: Wiktionary
NOMINAL
Nom"i*nal, a. Etym: [L. nominalis, fr. nomen, nominis, name. See Name.]
1. Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition. Bp. Pearson.
2. Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference. "Nominal attendance on lectures." Macaulay.
Nom"i*nal, n.
1. A nominalist. [Obs.] Camden.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: A verb formed from a noun.
3. A name; an appellation. A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale. Moore (Encyc. of Music. )
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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