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.
FABRICATION
lying, prevarication, fabrication
(noun) the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
fabrication, assembly
(noun) the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing
(noun) the act of making something (a product) from raw materials; “the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals”; “an improvement in the manufacture of explosives”; “manufacturing is vital to Great Britain”
fabrication, fictionalization, fictionalisation
(noun) writing in a fictional form
fabrication, fiction, fable
(noun) a deliberately false or improbable account
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fabrication (countable and uncountable, plural fabrications)
(uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
(countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood
(cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.
Source: Wiktionary
Fab`ri*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. fabricatio; cf. F. fabrication.]
1. The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government. Burke.
2. That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as, the story is doubtless a fabrication.
Syn.
– See Fiction.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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