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.
RECONCILIATIONS
Noun
reconciliations
plural of reconciliation
Source: Wiktionary
RECONCILIATION
Rec`on*cil`i*a"tion (-sl`*"shn), n. Etym: [F. réconciliation, L. reconciliatio.]
1. The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship. Reconciliation and friendship with God really form the basis of all rational and true enjoyment. S. Miller.
2. Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony. A clear and easy reconciliation of those seeming inconsistencies of Scripture. D. Rogers.
Syn.
– Reconciliment; reunion; pacification; appeasement; propitiation; atonement; expiation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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