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.
MONITION
monition, process of monition
(noun) a summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted
admonition, monition, warning, word of advice
(noun) cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness); “a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality”; “the warning was to beware of surprises”; “his final word of advice was not to play with matches”
admonition, admonishment, monition
(noun) a firm rebuke
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
monition (plural monitions)
A caution or warning. [from 14th c.]
A legal notification of something. [from 15th c.]
A sign of impending danger; an omen. [from 15th c.]
Synonyms
• (caution or warning): caution, exhortation, warning
Source: Wiktionary
Mo*ni"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. monitio, from monere to warn, bring to mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind, and cf. Admonish, Money, Monster.]
1. Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution. Sage monitions from his friends. Swift.
2. Information; indication; notice; advice. We have no visible monition of ... other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness. Holder.
3. (Admiralty Practice)
Definition: A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.
4. (Eccl. Law)
Definition: An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law. Shipley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CHRONIC
(adjective) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; “chronic indigestion”; “a chronic shortage of funds”; “a chronic invalid”
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