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.
SEPTETS
Noun
septets
plural of septet
Source: Wiktionary
SEPTET
Sep*tet", Sep*tette", n. Etym: [From L. septem seven, like duet, from L. duo.]
1. A set of seven persons or objects; as, a septet of singers.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: A musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices; -- called also septuor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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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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