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.
INHABITATION
inhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation
(noun) the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men); “he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
inhabitation (countable and uncountable, plural inhabitations)
The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling.
Abode; place of dwelling; residence.
Population; inhabitants.
Source: Wiktionary
In*hab`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. inhabitatio a dwelling.]
1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling. The inhabitation of the Holy Ghost. Bp. Pearson.
2. Abode; place of dwelling; residence. [Obs.] Milton.
3. Population; inhabitants. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. The beginning of nations and of the world's inhabitation. Sir W. Raleigh.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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17 November 2024
MONASTICISM
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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