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.
EXPEDIENCE
opportunism, self-interest, self-seeking, expedience
(noun) taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
expedience, expediency
(noun) the quality of being suited to the end in view
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
expedience (countable and uncountable, plural expediences)
(uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to cause some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case.
Speed, haste or urgency.
Something that is expedient.
(obsolete) An expedition; enterprise; adventure.
Synonyms
• (fitness or suitableness): expediency
• (speed, haste or urgency): expediency
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*pe"di*ence, Ex*pe"di*en*cy,, n.
1. The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self- interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; -- sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude. Divine wisdom discovers no expediency in vice. Cogan. To determine concerning the expedience of action. Sharp. Much declamation may be heard in the present day against expediency, as if it were not the proper object of a deliberative assembly, and as if it were only pursued by the unprincipled. Whately.
2. Expedition; haste; dispatch. [Obs.] Making hither with all due expedience. Shak.
3. An expedition; enterprise; adventure. [Obs.] Forwarding this dear expedience. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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