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.
OBREPTIONS
Noun
obreptions
plural of obreption
Source: Wiktionary
OBREPTION
Ob*rep"tion, n. Etym: [L. obreptio, fr. obrepere, obreptum, to creep up to; ob (see Ob-) + repere to creep.]
1. The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise. [Obs.] Cudworth.
2. (Scots Law)
Definition: The obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise. Bell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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