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.
TYPOLOGY
typology
(noun) classification according to general type
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
typology (countable and uncountable, plural typologies)
The study of symbolic representation, especially of the origin and meaning of Scripture types.
The systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics.
(archaeology) The result of the classification of things according to their characteristics.
(linguistics) Classification of languages according to their linguistic trait (as opposed to ancestrality like Romance languages).
(religion) The doctrine of Scripture types or figures.
Anagrams
• logotypy
Source: Wiktionary
Ty*pol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Type + -logy.]
1. (Theol.)
Definition: A discourse or treatise on types.
2. (Theol.)
Definition: The doctrine of types.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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