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.
HOMONYMIES
Noun
homonymies
plural of homonymy
Source: Wiktionary
HOMONYMY
Ho*mon"y*my, n. Etym: [Gr. homonymie.]
1. Sameness of name or designation; identity in relations. Holland. Homonymy may be as well in place as in persons. Fuller.
2. Sameness of name or designation of things or persons which are different; ambiguity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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