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.
SIXTIETHS
Noun
sixtieths
plural of sixtieth
Source: Wiktionary
SIXTIETH
Six"ti*eth, a. Etym: [As. sixtiogoedha, sixtigoedha.]
1. Next in order after the fifty-ninth.
2. Constituting or being one one of sixty equal parts into which anything is divided.
Six"ti*eth, n.
1. The quotient of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty equal parts forming a whole.
2. The next in order after the fifty-ninth; the tenth after the fiftieth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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