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.
SEDILIUM
Etymology
Noun
sedilium (plural sedilia)
(historical) One of a row of seats in an Ancient Roman amphitheatre.
A seat in the chancel of a church near the altar, for the officiating clergyman.
Synonyms
• (seat in a church): sedile
Anagrams
• eulimids
Source: Wiktionary
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Word of the Day
24 May 2025
EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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