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.
JACTITATIONS
Noun
jactitations
plural of jactitation
Source: Wiktionary
JACTITATION
Jac"ti*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. jactitare to utter in public, from jactare. See Jactancy.]
1. (Law)
Definition: Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim. Mozley & W.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A frequent tossing or moving of the body; restlessness, as in delirium. Dunglison. Jactitation of marriage (Eng. Eccl. Law), a giving out or boasting by a party that he or she is married to another, whereby a common reputation of their matrimony may ensue. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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