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.
REDUNDANCIES
Noun
redundancies
plural of redundancy
Source: Wiktionary
REDUNDANCY
Re*dun"dance, Re*dun"dan*cy, n. Etym: [L. redundantia: cf. F. redondance.]
1. The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity; superabundance; excess.
2. That which is redundant or in excess; anything superfluous or superabundant. Labor . . . throws off redundacies. Addison.
3. (Law)
Definition: Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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