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.
THEOCRACY
theocracy
(noun) the belief in government by divine guidance
theocracy
(noun) a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
theocracy (countable and uncountable, plural theocracies)
Government under the control of a state-sponsored religion.
Rule by a god.
Hyponyms
• sharia law
Source: Wiktionary
The*oc"ra*cy, n. Etym: [Gr. théocratie. See Theism, and cf. Democracy.]
1. Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity.
2. The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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