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.
PERRON
Etymology
Noun
perron (plural perrons)
(historical) A stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc.
(architecture) A platform outside the raised entrance to a church or large building, or the steps leading to such a platform.
Anagrams
• pernor
Source: Wiktionary
Per"ron, n. [F.] (Arch.)
Definition: An out-of-door flight of steps, as in a garden, leading to a terrace or to an upper story; -- usually applied to mediævel or later structures of some architectural pretensions.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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