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.
USURPATURES
Noun
usurpatures
plural of usurpature
Source: Wiktionary
USURPATURE
U*surp"a*ture, n.
Definition: Usurpation. [R.] "Beneath man's usurpature." R. Browning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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