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.
DESEGREGATION
integration, integrating, desegregation
(noun) the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
desegregation (countable and uncountable, plural desegregations)
The act or process of eliminating segregation.
Proper noun
Desegregation
A specific period in United States history during which laws requiring racial segregation were struck down and the practice was deterred, beginning in the United States military during World War II and occurring in society in general from the mid-1950s.
Source: Wiktionary
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BEAR
(verb) have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices; “She bears the title of Duchess”; “He held the governorship for almost a decade”
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