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.
TOPARCHY
Etymology
Noun
toparchy (plural toparchies)
A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch.
Source: Wiktionary
To"parch*y, n.; pl. Toparchies. Etym: [L. toparchia, Gr. Toparch.]
Definition: A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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