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.
PENTATHLON
pentathlon
(noun) an athletic contest consisting of five different events
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pentathlon (plural pentathlons or pentathla)
An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus
(athletics) Modern pentathlon.
Source: Wiktionary
Pen*tath"lon, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Gr. Antiq.)
Definition: A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the discus, and throwing the spear.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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