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.
EXCRUCIATION
crucifixion, excruciation
(noun) the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering
agony, suffering, excruciation
(noun) a state of acute pain
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
excruciation (countable and uncountable, plural excruciations)
Excruciating pain.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*cru`ci*a"tion n. Etym: [L. excruciatio.]
Definition: The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture. Feltham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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