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.
QUADRIPARTITION
Etymology
Noun
quadripartition (plural quadripartitions)
A division into four parts.
Verb
quadripartition (third-person singular simple present quadripartitions, present participle quadripartitioning, simple past and past participle quadripartitioned)
(transitive) To partition into four.
Source: Wiktionary
Quad`ri*par*ti"tion, n. Etym: [L. quadripartitio: cf. F. quadripartition.]
Definition: A division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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