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.
ALLEVIATIONS
Noun
alleviations
plural of alleviation
Source: Wiktionary
ALLEVIATION
Al*le`vi*a"tion, n. Etym: [LL. alleviatio.]
1. The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.
2. That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable. I have not wanted such alleviations of life as friendship could supply. Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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