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.
QUADRIPARTITION
Etymology
Noun
quadripartition (plural quadripartitions)
A division into four parts.
Verb
quadripartition (third-person singular simple present quadripartitions, present participle quadripartitioning, simple past and past participle quadripartitioned)
(transitive) To partition into four.
Source: Wiktionary
Quad`ri*par*ti"tion, n. Etym: [L. quadripartitio: cf. F. quadripartition.]
Definition: A division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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