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.
SANCTIFICATION
sanctification
(noun) a religious ceremony in which something is made holy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sanctification (countable and uncountable, plural sanctifications)
(theology) The (usually gradual or uncompleted) process by which a Christian believer is made holy through the action of the Holy Spirit.
The process of making holy; hallowing, consecration.
(slang, obsolete) Blackmail.
Source: Wiktionary
Sanc`ti*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. sanctificatio: cf. F. sanctification.]
1. The act of sanctifying or making holy; the being sanctified or made holy; esp. (Theol.), the act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to, a supreme love to God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified. God hath from the baginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. 2 Thess. ii. 13.
2. The act of consecrating, or of setting apart, for a sacred purpose; consecration. Bp. Burnet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
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