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.
VENALITIES
Noun
venalities
plural of venality
Source: Wiktionary
VENALITY
Ve*nal"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. venalitas: cf. F. vénalité.]
Definition: The quality or state of being venal, or purchasable; mercenariness; prostitution of talents, offices, or services, for money or reward; as, the venality of a corrupt court; the venality of an official. Complaints of Roman venality became louder. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
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