Vive le Gourmand. (Catholic tastes).A group French chefs, food writers, and other bon vivants has petitioned the pope to remove "la gourmandise gour·man·dise n. A taste and relish for good food: "You could see the gourmandise shining on his rosy lips" Glenway Wescott. " from the list of the Seven Deadly Sins (R. C. Ch.) willful and deliberate transgressions, which take away divine grace; - in distinction from vental sins. The seven deadly sins are pride, covetousness, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth. See also: Sin . According to the Tablet (lan. 18, 2003), members of the Association for the Gourmand argue that the word has no sinful connotations. They want it replaced by "la gloutonnerie," which is far closer to the English term gluttony Gluttony See also Greed. Belch, Sir Toby gluttonous and lascivious fop. [Br. Lit.: Twelfth Night] Biggers, Jack one of the best known “feeders” of eighteenth-century England. [Br. Hist. and would be a better choice to describe the sin. The association is taking up a campaign begun several years ago by France's best-known baker, Lionel Poilane, who died last year in a helicopter crash. He had planned to lead a delegation to the Vatican to ask for the reclassification Reclassification The process of changing the class of mutual funds once certain requirements have been met. These requirements are generally placed on load mutual funds. Reclassification is not considered to be a taxable event. of the sin. |
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