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.
AEROLITE
aerolite
(noun) a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
aerolite (plural aerolites)
A meteorite consisting of silicate minerals
Source: Wiktionary
A"ër*o*lite, n. Etym: [Aëro- + -lite: cf. F. aérolithe.] (Meteor.)
Definition: A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone.
Note: Some writers limit the word to stony meteorites.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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