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.
SERAPHIMS
Noun
seraphims
plural of seraph
Usage notes
• This pluralization is non-standard, but occurs in at least two places in the King James Version of the Bible. The standard pluralizations are seraphs and seraphim.
Anagrams
• misphrase, misshaper, samphires
Source: Wiktionary
SERAPHIM
Ser"a*phim, n.
Definition: The Hebrew plural of Seraph. Cf. Cherubim.
Note: The double plural form seraphims is sometimes used, as in the King James version of the Bible, Isa. vi. 2 and 6.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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