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.
ROGATIONS
Noun
rogations
plural of rogation
Source: Wiktionary
ROGATION
Ro*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. rogatio, fr. rogare, rogatum, to ask, beg, supplicate: cf. F. rogation. Cf. Abrogate, Arrogant, Probogue.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.)
Definition: The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a law to be passed by the people; a proposed law or decree.
2. (Eccl.)
Definition: Litany; supplication. He perfecteth the rogations or litanies before in use. Hooker. Rogation days (Eccl.), the three days which immediately precede Ascension Day; -- so called as being days on which the people, walking in procession, sang litanies of special supplication.
– Rogation flower (Bot.), a European species of milkwort (Polygala vulgaris); -- so called from its former use for garlands in Rogation week. Dr. Prior.
– Rogation week, the second week before Whitsunday, in which the Rogation days occur.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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