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.
SECTATOR
Etymology
Noun
sectator (plural sectators)
(now rare) A follower, a disciple; someone who follows a particular school; partisan.
Anagrams
• carottes, cotreats, crostate
Source: Wiktionary
Sec*ta"tor, n. Etym: [L., fr. sectari, v. intens. fr. sequi to follow. See Sue to follow.]
Definition: A follower; a disciple; an adherent to a sect. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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