Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ABLUTIONARY
ablutionary, cleansing
(adjective) cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands; “ablutionary rituals”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ablutionary (comparative more ablutionary, superlative most ablutionary)
Pertaining to ablution. [From the mid 19th century.]
Synonym: ablutive
Source: Wiktionary
Ab*lu"tion*a*ry, a.
Definition: Pertaining to ablution.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INITIALISM
(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
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