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.
CONNECTION
joining, connection, connexion
(noun) the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); “the joining of hands around the table”; “there was a connection via the internet”
connection, connexion
(noun) shifting from one form of transportation to another; “the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta”
connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
(noun) an instrumentality that connects; “he soldered the connection”; “he didn’t have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers”
association, connection, connexion
(noun) the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; “conditioning is a form of learning by association”
connection
(noun) a supplier (especially of narcotics)
connection
(noun) (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); “he has powerful connections”
connection, connexion, connectedness
(noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); “there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare”
connection, connexion, link
(noun) a connecting shape
connection, link, connectedness
(noun) the state of being connected; “the connection between church and state is inescapable”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
connection (countable and uncountable, plural connections)
(uncountable) The act of connecting.
The point at which two or more things are connected.
A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
An established communications or transportation link.
(transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service
A kinship relationship between people.
An individual who is related to oneself, through either family or business.
(mathematics) A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.
coherence; lack of disjointedness
(religion) The description for a Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences.
sexual intercourse
Source: Wiktionary
Con*nec"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. Connexion.]
1. The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship. He [Algazel] denied the possibility of a known connection between cause and effect. Whewell. The eternal and inserable connection between virtue and hapiness. Atterbury.
2. That which connects or joins together; bond; tie. Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things. I. Taylor.
3. A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; -- used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.
4. The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection. Men elevated by powerful connection. Motley. At the head of a strong parliamentary connection. Macaulay. Whose names, forces, connections, and characters were perfectly known to him. Macaulay. In this connection, in connection with this subject.
Note: [A phrase objected to by some writers.]
Note: This word was formerly written, as by Milton, with x instead of t in the termination, connexion, and the same thing is true of the kindred words inflexion, reflexion, and the like. But the general usage at present is to spell them connection, inflection, reflection, etc.
Syn.
– Union; coherence; continuity; junction; association; dependence; intercourse; commerce; communication; affinity; relationship.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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