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.
ACROLITHS
Noun
acroliths
plural of acrolith
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Source: Wiktionary
ACROLITH
Ac"ro*lith, n. Etym: [L. acrolthus, Gr. with the ends made of stone; (Arch. & Sculp.)
Definition: A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood. Elmes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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