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.
CONGLOMERATION
conglomeration, conglobation
(noun) an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass
aggregate, congeries, conglomeration
(noun) a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
conglomeration, conglobation
(noun) a rounded spherical form
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
conglomeration (countable and uncountable, plural conglomerations)
That which consists of many previously separate parts.
An instance of conglomerating, a coming together of separate parts.
Synonyms
• conglomerate
Source: Wiktionary
Con*glom`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. conglomeratio: cf. F. conglomeration.]
Definition: The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation; that which is conglomerated; a mixed mass. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MONASTICISM
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
Coffee Trivia
