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.
EXPLANATION
explanation
(noun) thought that makes something comprehensible
explanation, account
(noun) a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; “the explanation was very simple”; “I expected a brief account”
explanation
(noun) the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible; “I heard his explanation of the accident”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
explanation (countable and uncountable, plural explanations)
The act or process of explaining.
Something that explains, makes understandable.
A resolution of disputed points pursuant to discussion; a mutual clarification of disputed points; reconciliation.
Synonyms
• (act or process of explaining): clarification; elucidation; elaboration; explaining; femsplaining (pej, particularly by a feminist to a man); mansplaining, mansplanation (pej, particularly by a man to a woman)
Source: Wiktionary
Ex`pla*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. explanatio: cf. OF. esplanation.]
1. The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty.
2. That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory explanation.
3. The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; inerpretation; sense. Different explanations [of the Trinity]. Bp. Burnet.
4. A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a view to adjust a misunderstanding, and reconcile differences; reconciliation; agreement; as, to come to an explanation.
Syn.
– Definition; description; explication; exposition; interpretation; detail. See Definition.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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