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.
REMITMENT
remission, remitment, remit
(noun) (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
remittance, remittal, remission, remitment
(noun) a payment of money sent to a person in another place
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
remitment (countable and uncountable, plural remitments)
The act of remitting; remission.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*mit"ment (-ment), n.
Definition: The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission. Disavowing the remitment of Claudius. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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