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.
CELIBACY
chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention
(noun) abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
celibacy
(noun) an unmarried status
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
celibacy (countable and uncountable, plural celibacies)
Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.
(by extension) Abstinence from sexual relations.
Synonyms
• sexlessness
Source: Wiktionary
Ce*lib"a*cy, n. Etym: [See Celibate, n.]
Definition: The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. "The celibacy of the clergy." Hallom.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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