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.
SECLUSION
seclusion
(noun) the act of secluding yourself from others
privacy, privateness, seclusion
(noun) the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
seclusion (countable and uncountable, plural seclusions)
The act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart.
The state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; solitude.
A secluded, isolated or private place.
(meteorology) The mature phase of the extratropical cyclone life cycle.
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Source: Wiktionary
Se*clu"sion, n. Etym: [See Seclude.]
Definition: The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; separation from society or connection; a withdrawing; privacy; as, to live in seclusion. O blest seclusion from a jarring world, which he, thus occupied, enjoys! Cowper.
Syn.
– Solitude; separation; withdrawment; retirement; privacy. See Solitude.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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