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.
VERBERATION
Etymology
Noun
verberation (plural verberations)
The act of verberating; a beating or striking.
The impulse of a body which causes sound.
Anagrams
• reverbation
Source: Wiktionary
Ver`ber*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. verberatio: cf. F. verbération.]
1. The act of verberating; a beating or striking. Arbuthnot.
2. The impulse of a body; which causes sound. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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