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.
RUBRICATED
Verb
rubricated
simple past tense and past participle of rubricate
Source: Wiktionary
RUBRICATE
Ru"bri*cate, a. Etym: [L. rubricatus p.p. of rubricare to color red. See Rubric, n.]
Definition: Marked with red. Sp
Ru"bri*cate, v. t.
Definition: To mark or distinguished with red; to arrange as in a rubric; to establish in a settled and unchangeable form. Foxe. A system . . . according to which the thoughts of men were to be classed and rubricated forever after. Hare.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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