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.
BLOCKAGE
blockage, closure, occlusion
(noun) the act of blocking
blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage
(noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube; “we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe”
obstruction, blockage
(noun) the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
blockage (countable and uncountable, plural blockages)
The state of being blocked.
A thing that is blocking; an obstruction.
Source: Wiktionary
Block"age, n.
Definition: The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FABLED
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