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.
aggregate, congeries, conglomeration
(noun) a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
Source: WordNet® 3.1
congeries (plural congeries)
A collection or aggregation of disparate items.
• cinegoers, re-cognise, recognise
Source: Wiktionary
Con*ge"ri*es, n. sing & pl. Etym: [L., fr. congerere. See Congest.]
Definition: A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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.