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.
LACERATION
laceration
(noun) the act of lacerating
laceration
(noun) a torn ragged wound
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
laceration (countable and uncountable, plural lacerations)
An irregular open wound caused by a blunt impact to soft tissue.
The act of lacerating or tearing.
Anagrams
• alectorian, creational, reactional
Source: Wiktionary
Lac`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L.laceratio: cf. F. lacération.]
1. The act of lacerating.
2. A breach or wound made by lacerating. Arbuthnot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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