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.
TRILOGY
trilogy
(noun) a set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
trilogy (plural trilogies)
A set of three works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
Source: Wiktionary
Tril"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. Tri-) + trilogie.]
Definition: A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in one sense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's " Henry VI." is an example. On the Greek stage, a drama, or acted story, consisted in reality of three dramas, called together a trilogy, and performed consecutively in the course of one day. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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