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.
NOVICIATE
novitiate, noviciate
(noun) the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
noviciate (plural noviciates)
Alternative form of novitiate
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AROMATIC
(adjective) (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings; “an aromatic organic compound”
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