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.
PIGNORATIONS
Noun
pignorations
plural of pignoration
Source: Wiktionary
PIGNORATION
Pig`no*ra"tion, n. Etym: [LL. pignoratio, L. pigneratio, fr. pignerate to pledge, fr. pignus, gen. -ous and -eris, a pledge, a pawn: cf. F. pignoration.]
1. The act of pledging or pawning.
2. (Civil Law)
Definition: The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, till satisfaction is made. Burrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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