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.
PLACET
Etymology
Noun
placet (plural placets)
A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance.
• J. P. Peters
Interjection
placet
Expression of assent to a vote in the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
Anagrams
• caplet
Source: Wiktionary
Pla"cet, n. Etym: [L. placet it pleases.]
1. A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc.
2. The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance. Shipley. The king . . . annulled the royal placet. J. P. Peters.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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