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.
INTOXICATION
intoxication
(noun) excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety; “the intoxication of wealth and power”
drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety
(noun) a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
poisoning, toxic condition, intoxication
(noun) the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
intoxication (countable and uncountable, plural intoxications)
A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
The state of being intoxicated or drunk.
Synonyms: inebriation, ebriety, drunkenness
The act of intoxicating or making drunk.
A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.
Source: Wiktionary
In*tox`i*ca"tion, n.
1. (Med.)
Definition: A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
2. The state of being intoxicated or drunk; inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making drunk.
2. A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness. That secret intoxication of pleasure. Spectator.
Syn.
– Drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; ebriety; infatuation; delirium. See Drunkenness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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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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