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.
POSTERIORITY
posteriority, subsequentness, subsequence
(noun) following in time
posteriority
(noun) the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
posteriority (usually uncountable, plural posteriorities)
The condition of being posterior (in any sense)
Synonyms
• See posteriority
Source: Wiktionary
Pos*te`ri*or"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. postériorité.]
Definition: The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time, or of an event; -- opposed to priority.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BREAK
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
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