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.
INSISTENCY
insistence, insistency
(noun) the act of insisting on something; “insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position”
imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure
(noun) the state of demanding notice or attention; “the insistence of their hunger”; “the press of business matters”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
insistency (countable and uncountable, plural insistencies)
The quality of being insistent.
Source: Wiktionary
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PARSEC
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