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.
INCIPIENCE
incipiency, incipience
(noun) beginning to exist or to be apparent; “he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850”; “it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
incipience (countable and uncountable, plural incipiences)
A beginning, or first stage.
Source: Wiktionary
In*cip"i*ence, In*cip"i*en*cy, n. Etym: [L. incipientia.]
Definition: Beginning; commencement; incipient state.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENEMA
(noun) an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes
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