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.
RESCISSORY
Etymology
Adjective
rescissory (comparative more rescissory, superlative most rescissory)
Tending to rescind.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*scis"so*ry (r-sz"-r or r-ss"-), a. Etym: [L. rescissorius: cf. F. rescisoire.]
Definition: Tending to rescind; rescinding. To pass a general act rescissory (as it was called), annulling all the Parliaments that had been held since the year 1633. Bp. Burnet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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