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.
PETRARIES
Noun
petraries
plural of petrary
Anagrams
• repairest, respirate, spare tire, sparterie
Source: Wiktionary
PETRARY
Pet"ra*ry, n. Etym: [L. petra stone. Cf. Sp. petraria, and E. Pederero.]
Definition: An ancient war engine for hurling stones.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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