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.
EXCRETION
elimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding
(noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
excretion (countable and uncountable, plural excretions)
The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
Something being excreted in that manner, especially urine or feces.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*cre"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. excrétion.]
1. The act of excreting. To promote secretion and excretion. Pereira.
2. That which is excreted; excrement. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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