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.
SPHACELATION
Noun
sphacelation (countable and uncountable, plural sphacelations)
(medicine) The process of becoming or making gangrenous; mortification.
Source: Wiktionary
Sphac`e*la"tion, n. (Med.)
Definition: The process of becoming or making gangrenous; mortification.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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17 November 2024
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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