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.
SIMONIES
Noun
simonies
plural of simony
Anagrams
• Misiones, emission, simonise
Source: Wiktionary
SIMONY
Sim"o*ny, n. Etym: [F. simonie, LL. simonia, fr. Simon Magus, who wished to purchase the power of conferring the Holy Spirit. Acts viii.]
Definition: The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward. Piers Plowman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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