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.
NOMENCLATURE
terminology, nomenclature, language
(noun) a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; “legal terminology”; “biological nomenclature”; “the language of sociology”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nomenclature (countable and uncountable, plural nomenclatures)
A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.
A set of names or terms.
(obsolete) A name.
Synonyms
• terminology
Coordinate terms
• glossary, taxonomy
Source: Wiktionary
No"men*cla`ture, n. Etym: [L. nomenclatura: cf. F. nomenclature. See Nomenclator.]
1. A name. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary. [R.]
3. The technical names used in any particular branch of science or art, or by any school or individual; as, the nomenclature of botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature of Lavoisier and his associates.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MONASTICISM
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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