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.
SCRUPULOUSNESS
meticulousness, meticulosity, punctiliousness, scrupulousness
(noun) strict attention to minute details
scrupulousness
(noun) conformity to high standards of ethics or excellence
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
scrupulousness (countable and uncountable, plural scrupulousnesses)
(uncountable) The property of being scrupulous.
(countable) The result or product of being scrupulous.
Source: Wiktionary
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