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.
REGALS
Noun
regals
plural of regal
Anagrams
• Aglers, Glaser, Larges, Ragles, Slager, ergals, glares, lagers, larges
Source: Wiktionary
REGAL
Re"gal (r"gal), a. Etym: [L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, a king. See Royal, and cf. Rajah, Realm, Regalia.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway. "The regal title." Shak. He made a scorn of his regal oath. Milton.
Syn.
– Kingly; royal. See Kingly.
Re"gal, n. Etym: [F. régale, It. regale. CF. Rigoll.] (Mus.)
Definition: A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, -- used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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