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.
ERASEMENTS
Noun
erasements
plural of erasement
Source: Wiktionary
ERASEMENT
E*rase"ment, n.
Definition: The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration. Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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