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.
SYNOPSES
SYNOPSIS
outline, synopsis, abstract, precis
(noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
synopses
plural of synopsis
Source: Wiktionary
SYNOPSIS
Syn*op"sis, n.; pl. Synopses. Etym: [L., from Gr. optic.]
Definition: A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus. That the reader may see in one view the exactness of the method, as well as force of the argument, I shall here draw up a short synopsis of this epistle. Bp. Warburton.
Syn.
– Abridgment; compendium; epitome; abstract; summary; syllabus; conspectus. See Abridgment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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