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.
BISECTOR
Etymology
Noun
bisector (plural bisectors)
(geometry) A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts.
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Source: Wiktionary
Bi*sec"tor, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, bisects; esp. (Geom.) a straight line which bisects an angle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ORCHESTRATION
(noun) an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect; “the skillful orchestration of his political campaign”
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