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.
ANTHROPOPHAGIES
Noun
anthropophagies
plural of anthropophagy
Source: Wiktionary
ANTHROPOPHAGY
An`thro*poph"a*gy, n. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: The eating of human flesh; cannibalism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AWRY
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