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.
TROCHAL
Etymology
Adjective
trochal (comparative more trochal, superlative most trochal)
(zoology) Resembling a wheel.
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Source: Wiktionary
Tro"chal, a. Etym: [From Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Resembling a wheel. Trochal disk (Zoöl.), the cephalic disk of a rotifer. It is usually surrounded by a fringe of cilia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BEATIFY
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
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