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.
PRIESTHOOD
priesthood
(noun) the body of ordained religious practitioners
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
priesthood (countable and uncountable, plural priesthoods)
The role or office of a priest.
Priests as a group; the clergy.
Authority to act in the name of God.
Source: Wiktionary
Priest"hood, n.
1. The office or character of a priest; the priestly function. Bk. of Com. Prayer.
2. Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order of priests.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
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