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.
NEUTRALITIES
Noun
neutralities
plural of neutrality
Source: Wiktionary
NEUTRALITY
Neu*tral"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. neutralité.]
1. The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side; indifference. Men who possess a state of neutrality in times of public danger, desert the interest of their fellow subjects. Addison.
2. Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor bad. [Obs.] Donne.
3. (Chem.)
Definition: The quality or state of being neutral. See Neutral, a., 4.
4. (International Law)
Definition: The condition of a nation or government which refrains from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other powers.
5. Those who are neutral; a combination of neutral powers or states. Armed neutrality, the condition of a neutral power, in time of war, which holds itself ready to resist by force any aggression of either belligerent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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