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.
WHOREDOM
prostitution, harlotry, whoredom
(noun) offering sexual intercourse for pay
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
whoredom (usually uncountable, plural whoredoms)
The state of being a whore, prostitution; sexual indulgence, fornication. [from 12th c.]
Synonym: harlotry
Source: Wiktionary
Whore"dom, n. Etym: [OE. hordom; cf. Icel. h.]
1. The practice of unlawful intercourse with the other sex; fornication; lewdness.
2. (Script.)
Definition: The sin of worshiping idols; idolatry. O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled; they will not . . . turn unto their God. Hos. v. 3, 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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