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.
CAUSALITY
causality
(noun) the relation between causes and effects
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
causality (countable and uncountable, plural causalities)
The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.
The relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it; the cause and consequence relationship.
Source: Wiktionary
Cau*sal"i*ty, n.; pl. Causalities (.
1. The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect. The causality of the divine mind. Whewell.
2. (Phren.)
Definition: The faculty of tracing effects to their causes. G. Combe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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