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.
DWINDLEMENT
Etymology
Noun
dwindlement (uncountable)
The process of dwindling; gradual reduction to nothing.
Source: Wiktionary
Dwin"dle*ment, n.
Definition: The act or process of dwindling; a dwindling. [R.] Mrs. Oliphant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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