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.
QUITRENTS
Noun
quitrents
plural of quitrent
Source: Wiktionary
QUITRENT
Quit"rent`, n. Etym: [Quit, a. + rent] (Law)
Definition: A rent reserved in grants of land, by the payment of which the tenant is quit from other service. Blackstone.
Note: In some of the United States a fee-farm rent is so termed. Burrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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