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.
URBANITIES
Noun
urbanities
plural of urbanity
Source: Wiktionary
URBANITY
Ur*ban"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. urbanitas; cf. F. urbanité.]
1. The quality or state of being urbane; civility or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement. The marquis did the honors of his house with the urbanity of his country. W. Irving.
2. Polite wit; facetiousness. [Obs.] Dryden. Raillery in the sauce of civil entertainment; and without some such tincture of urbanity, good humor falters. L'Estrange.
Syn.
– Politeness; suavity; affability; courtesy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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