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.
APOTOME
A*pot"o*me, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. (Math.)
Definition: The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between sq. root2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.
2. (Mus)
Definition: The remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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