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.
DUBITATION
Etymology
Noun
dubitation (usually uncountable, plural dubitations)
(uncountable, archaic) The process of doubting or the state of being in doubt; hesitation, uncertainty.
(countable, obsolete) A thing to be doubted; a matter that calls for doubt.
(countable) A pang or expression of doubt.
Synonyms
• (state of being in doubt): doubtfulness
Source: Wiktionary
Du`bi*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. dubitatio.]
Definition: Act of doubting; doubt. [R.] Sir T. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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