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.
RECURRENCES
Noun
recurrences
plural of recurrence
Source: Wiktionary
RECURRENCE
Re*cur"rence, Re*cur"ren*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. récurrence.]
Definition: The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return; resort; recourse. I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations. I. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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