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.
SORORATE
Etymology
Noun
sororate (usually uncountable, plural sororates)
The custom of the marriage of a man to the sister of his wife, usually after the wife has died.
A marriage according to this custom.
Coordinate terms
• levirate
Source: Wiktionary
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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