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.
VENATIONS
Noun
venations
plural of venation
Anagrams
• innovates, native son
Source: Wiktionary
VENATION
Ve*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. vena a vein.]
Definition: The arrangement or system of veins, as in the wing of an insect, or in the leaves of a plant. See Illust. in Appendix.
Ve*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. venatio, fr. venari, p. p. venatus, to hunt. See Venison.]
Definition: The act or art of hunting, or the state of being hunted. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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