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.
VICARIOUSLY
vicariously
(adverb) indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute; “she enjoyed the wedding vicariously”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
vicariously (not comparable)
In a way that is experienced in the imagination through the actions of another person. "she was living vicariously through her children"; by proxy.
Source: Wiktionary
Vi*ca"ri*ous*ly, adv.
Definition: In a vicarious manner.
VICARIOUS
Vi*ca"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. vicarius, from vicis change, alternation, turn, the position, place, or office of one person as assumed by another; akin to Gr. wechsel a change, and probably also to E. weak. See Weak, and cf. Vice, prep.]
1. Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority.
2. Acting of suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer. The soul in the body is but a subordinate efficient, and vicarious . . . in the hands of the Almighty. Sir M. Hale.
3. Performed of suffered in the place of another; substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment. The vicarious work of the Great Deliverer. I. Taylor.
4. (Med.)
Definition: Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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