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.
PUNITORY
punitive, punitory
(adjective) inflicting punishment; “punitive justice”; “punitive damages”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
punitory (comparative more punitory, superlative most punitory)
punitive; tending to punish
• A. Tucker
Source: Wiktionary
Pu"ni*to*ry, a.
Definition: Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive. God . . . may make moral evil, as well as natural, at the same time both prudential and punitory. A. Tucker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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