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.
PRENTICEHOOD
Pren"tice*hood (, n.
Definition: Apprenticehood. [Obs.] This jolly prentice with his master bode Till he was out nigh of his prenticehood. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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