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.
INEXPEDIENCE
inexpedience, inexpediency
(noun) the quality of being unsuited to the end in view
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
inexpedience (usually uncountable, plural inexpediences)
The quality or state of being inexpedient; unsuitableness or impropriety.
Source: Wiktionary
In`ex*pe"di*ence, In`ex*pe"di*en*cy, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being inexpedient; want of fitness; unsuitableness to the end or object; impropriety; as, the inexpedience of some measures. It is not the rigor but the inexpediency of laws and acts of authority which makes them tyrannical. Paley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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