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.
DISSIMILARITIES
Noun
dissimilarities
plural of dissimilarity
Source: Wiktionary
DISSIMILARITY
Dis*sim`i*lar"i*ty, n.
Definition: Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms. Sir W. Jones.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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