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.
SEXTILES
Noun
sextiles
plural of sextile
Anagrams
• exitless
Source: Wiktionary
SEXTILE
Sex"tile, a. Etym: [F. sextil, fr. L. sextus the sixth, from sex six. See Six.] (Astrol.)
Definition: Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees. Glanvill.
Sex"tile, n. Etym: [Cf. F. aspect sextil.] (Astrol.)
Definition: The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: Hutton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBSERVE
(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
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