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.
PRESCHOOL
preschool
(noun) an educational institution for children too young for elementary school
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
preschool (not comparable)
Of or relating to the years of early childhood before attendance at primary school.
Noun
preschool (plural preschools)
A nursery school.
Verb
preschool (third-person singular simple present preschools, present participle preschooling, simple past and past participle preschooled)
(transitive) To provide nursery school education for.
(intransitive) To undergo nursery school education.
Source: Wiktionary
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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