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.
CONFLUX
confluence, conflux, merging
(noun) a flowing together
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
conflux (plural confluxes)
A merger of rivers, or the place where rivers merge.
A convergence or moving gathering of forces, people, or things.
Synonyms
• confluence
Source: Wiktionary
Con"flux, n. [From L. confluxus, p. p. See Confluent.]
1. A flowing together; a meeting of currents. "The conflux of meeting sap." Shak.
The general conflux and concourse of the whole people. Clarendon.
2. A large assemblage; a passing multitude.
To the gates cast round thine eye, and see What conflux issuing forth, or entering in. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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