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.
INTERSPERSION
interspersion, interspersal
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
interspersion (countable and uncountable, plural interspersions)
The state of being interspersed.
The act of interspersing.
Source: Wiktionary
In`ter*sper"sion, n.
Definition: The act of interspersing, or the state of being interspersed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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