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.
PROTASES
Noun
protases
plural of protasis
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• Pastores, portases, seaports
Source: Wiktionary
PROTASIS
Prot"a*sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. A proposition; a maxim. Johnson.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: The introductory or subordinate member of a sentence, generally of a conditional sentence; -- opposed to apodosis. See Apodosis.
3. The first part of a drama, of a poem, or the like; the introduction; opposed to epitasis. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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