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.
CONSPIRATIONS
Noun
conspirations
plural of conspiration
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Source: Wiktionary
CONSPIRATION
Con`spi*ra"tion, n. Etym: [F. conspiration, L. conspiratio.]
Definition: Agreement or concurrence for some end or purpose; conspiracy. [R.] As soon as it was day, certain Jews made a conspiration. Udall. In our natural body every part has a nacassary sympathy with every other, and all together form, by their harmonious onspiration, a healthy whole. Sir W. Hamilton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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