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.
GREATNESS
enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness
(noun) unusual largeness in size or extent or number
greatness, illustriousness
(noun) the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
greatness (countable and uncountable, plural greatnesses)
The state, condition, or quality of being great
(obsolete): Pride; haughtiness.
Anagrams
• Tressange, estranges, seargents, sergeants
Source: Wiktionary
Great"ness, n. Etym: [AS. greátnes.]
1. The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.
2. Pride; haughtiness. [Obs.]It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your ships. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESENTATION
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