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.
CONGELATIONS
Noun
congelations
plural of congelation
Anagrams
• congestional
Source: Wiktionary
CONGELATION
Con`ge*la"tion, n. [F. congélation, L. congelatio.]
1. The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing.
The capillary tubes are obstructed either by outward compression or congelation of the fluid. Arbuthnot.
2. The state of being congealed.
3. That which is congealed.
Sugar plums . . . with a multitude of congelations in jellies of various colors. Taller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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