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.
POSTILED
Verb
postiled
simple past tense and past participle of postil
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Source: Wiktionary
POSTIL
Pos"til, n. Etym: [F. postille, apostille, LL. postilla, probably from L. post illa (sc. verba) after those (words). Cf. Apostil.]
1. Originally, an explanatory note in the margin of the Bible, so called because written after the text; hence, a marginal note; a comment. Langton also made postils upon the whole Bible. Foxe.
2. (R. C. Ch. & Luth. Ch.)
Definition: A short homily or commentary on a passage of Scripture; as, the first postils were composed by order of Charlemagne.
Pos"til, v. t. Etym: [Cf. LL. postillare.]
Definition: To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss. Bacon.
Pos"til, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Postiled (Postilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Postiling or Postilling.]
Definition: To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to postillate. Postiling and allegorizing on Scripture. J. H. Newman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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