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.
POTATION
potation
(noun) the act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink)
draft, draught, potation, tipple
(noun) a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg; “they served beer on draft”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
potation (countable and uncountable, plural potations)
(often, in the plural) The act of drinking.
A drink, especially an alcoholic beverage.
Anagrams
• optation
Source: Wiktionary
Po*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. potatio, fr. potare. See Potable.]
1. The act of drinking. Jer. Taylor.
2. A draught. "Potations pottle deep." Shak.
3. Drink; beverage. "Thin potations." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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