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.
PRIESTCRAFTS
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priestcrafts
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PRIESTCRAFT
Priest"craft`, n.
Definition: Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others. It is better that men should be governed by priestcraft than by violence. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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