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.
DISUNION
disunion
(noun) the termination or destruction of union
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
disunion (countable and uncountable, plural disunions)
separation of a union
Anagrams
• unionids
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*un"ion, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + union: cf. F. désunion.]
1. The termination of union; separation; disjunction; as, the disunion of the body and the soul.
2. A breach of concord and its effect; alienation. Such a disunion between the two houses as might much clouClarendon.
3. The termination or disruption of the union of the States forming the United States. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion. D. Webster.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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