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.
BONASUS
Noun
bonasus (plural not attested)
A bonnacon.
Source: Wiktionary
Bo*na"sus, Bo*nas"sus, n. Etym: [L. bonasus, Gr. , .] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The aurochs or European bison. See Aurochs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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