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.
MINIATURISATION
miniaturization, miniaturisation
(noun) act of making on a greatly reduced scale
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
miniaturisation (plural miniaturisations)
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of miniaturization
Source: Wiktionary
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MEGALITH
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
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