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.
MENDICANCY
beggary, begging, mendicancy
(noun) a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
beggary, mendicancy, mendicity
(noun) the state of being a beggar or mendicant; “they were reduced to mendicancy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mendicancy (countable and uncountable, plural mendicancies)
The act or state of being a mendicant
Source: Wiktionary
Men"di*can*cy, n.
Definition: The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TERNARY
(adjective) having three units or components or elements; “a ternary operation”; “a treble row of red beads”; “overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”; “triple time has three beats per measure”; “triplex windows”
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