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.
CONSERVANCY
conservancy
(noun) the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.
conservancy
(noun) a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
conservancy (countable and uncountable, plural conservancies)
The conservation of a resource.
An organization dedicated to the conservation of natural resources.
(British) A commission that deals with fishery and navigation.
(US, legal) A state in which a company is allowed to continue trading without incurring any new financial liabilities or disposing of any assets.
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Con*serv"an*cy, n.
Definition: Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use. [An act was] passed in 1866, for vesting in the Conservators of the River Thames the conservancy of the Thames and Isis. Mozley & W.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENCYCLOPEDIA
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
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