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.
REELECTION
reelection
(noun) election again; “he did not run for reelection”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
reelection (plural reelections)
the act of being elected after already being elected once, and already having served out one's first term.
Source: Wiktionary
Re`Ă«*lec"tion (-lk"shn), n.
Definition: Election a second time, or anew; as, the reëlection of a former chief.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INITIALISM
(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
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