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.
CONTEMPERATION
Noun
contemperation (countable and uncountable, plural contemperations)
(obsolete) The act of tempering or moderating.
(obsolete) A proportionate mixture or combination
Source: Wiktionary
Con*tem`per*a"tion, n.
1. The act of tempering or moderating. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2. Proportionate mixture or combination. "Contemperation of light and shade." Boyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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