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.
singleness
(noun) the quality of concentrating on one central objective; “his singleness of purpose”
singleness, straightforwardness
(noun) without hypocrisy; “the singleness of his motives could not be questioned”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
singleness (countable and uncountable, plural singlenesses)
(uncountable) The property of being single.
(countable) The result or product of being single.
• (property of being single): See also oneness
• (property of being single): manyness, multiplicity; see also manyness
• lessenings
Source: Wiktionary
Sin"gle*ness, n.
1. The quality or state of being single, or separate from all others; the opposite of doubleness, complication, or multiplicity.
2. Freedom from duplicity, or secondary and selfish ends; purity of mind or purpose; simplicity; sincerity; as, singleness of purpose; singleness of heart.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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.