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.
EMANANT
Etymology
Adjective
emanant (comparative more emanant, superlative most emanant)
Flowing forth; emanating or issuing from or as if from a source.
(philosophy, of a mental act) Passing forth into a physical act, or making itself apparent by an effect. Compare immanent.
Synonyms
• (philosophy:of a mental act): transeunt
Source: Wiktionary
Em"a*nant, a. Etym: [L. emanans, -antis, p. pr. of emanare. See Emanate.]
Definition: Issuing or flowing forth; emanating; passing forth into an act, or making itself apparent by an effect; -- said of mental acts; as, an emanant volition.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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