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.
SIMONIACALLY
Etymology
Adverb
simoniacally (comparative more simoniacally, superlative most simoniacally)
In the manner of a simoniac
Source: Wiktionary
SIMONIACAL
Sim`o*ni"a*cal, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of simony.
– Sim"o*ni`a*cal*ly, adv. The flagitious profligacy of their lives, and the simoniacal arts by which they grasped at the popedom. J. S. Harford.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MONASTICISM
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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