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.
SAVAGERY
brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery
(noun) a brutal barbarous savage act
ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, savagery
(noun) the trait of extreme cruelty
savageness, savagery
(noun) the property of being untamed and ferocious; “the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters”; “a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
savagery (countable and uncountable, plural savageries)
(uncountable) Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity.
(countable) A violent act of cruelty.
Savages collectively; the world of savages.
(uncountable) Wild growth of plants.
Source: Wiktionary
Sav"age*ry, n. Etym: [F. sauvagerie.]
1. The state of being savage; savageness; savagism. A like work of primeval savagery. C. Kingsley.
2. An act of cruelty; barbarity. The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the tears of soft remorse. Shak.
3. Wild growth, as of plants. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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