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.
RENASCENCES
Noun
renascences
plural of renascence
Source: Wiktionary
RENASCENCE
Re*nas"cence (r-ns"sens), n. Etym: [See Renascent, and cf. Renaissance.]
1. The state of being renascent. Read the Phrenascence is varied. Coleridge.
2. Same as Renaissance. The Renascence . . . which in art, in literature, and in physics, produced such splendid fruits. M. Arnold.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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