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.
SUBACTIONS
Noun
subactions
plural of subaction
Source: Wiktionary
SUBACTION
Sub*ac"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. L. subactio a working up, discipline.]
Definition: The act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies combletely. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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