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.
ASTRINGENCIES
Noun
astringencies
plural of astringency
Source: Wiktionary
ASTRINGENCY
As*trin"gen*cy, n.
Definition: The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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