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.
ERUDITION
eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism
(noun) profound scholarly knowledge
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
erudition (countable and uncountable, plural eruditions)
Profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship.
Synonyms
• (profound knowledge): knowledge, information, learning, lore, scholarship, scholarism
Source: Wiktionary
Er`u*di"tion, n. Etym: [L. eruditio: cf. F. Ă©rudition.]
Definition: The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction; the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences; scholarship. The management of a young lady's person is not be overlooked, but the erudition of her mind is much more to be regarded. Steele. The gay young gentleman whose erudition sat so easily upon him. Macaulay.
Syn.
– Literature; learning. See Literature.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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