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.
NEPHALISM
Etymology
Noun
nephalism (uncountable)
(obsolete, Temperance movement) The practice of abstaining completely from the drinking of alcohol; teetotalism
Source: Wiktionary
Neph"a*lism, n. Etym: [Gr. néphalisme.]
Definition: Total abstinence from spirituous liquor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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