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.
ALIKENESS
likeness, alikeness, similitude
(noun) similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; “man created God in his own likeness”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
alikeness (countable and uncountable, plural alikenesses)
(uncountable) The state or quality of being alike.
(countable) The result or product of being alike.
Antonyms
• unalikeness
Anagrams
• leakiness
Source: Wiktionary
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WHOLE
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
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