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.
ENERVATIONS
Noun
enervations
plural of enervation
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• Evertonians, anteversion, nanosievert, venerations
Source: Wiktionary
ENERVATION
En`er*va"tion, n. Etym: [L. enervatio: cf. F. énervation.]
1. The act of weakening, or reducing strength.
2. The state of being weakened; effeminacy. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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