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.
SAFFIAN
Etymology
Noun
saffian (countable and uncountable, plural saffians)
A leather made from goatskins or sheepskins which is tanned with sumac and then brightly dyed.
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GRADUAL
(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
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