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.
SALIENCES
Noun
saliences
plural of salience
Source: Wiktionary
SALIENCE
Sa"li*ence, n. Etym: [See Salient.]
1. That quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting.
2. The quality or state of projecting, or being projected; projection; protrusion. Sir W. Hamilton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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