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.
PLEONASTS
Noun
pleonasts
plural of pleonast
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Source: Wiktionary
PLEONAST
Ple"o*nast, n.
Definition: One who is addicted to pleonasm. [R.] C. Reade.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
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