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.
CALCIFEROUS
calciferous
(adjective) bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
calciferous (comparative more calciferous, superlative most calciferous)
Yielding or containing calcium, calcium carbonate or calcite.
Source: Wiktionary
Cal*cif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. calx, calcis, lime + - ferous.]
Definition: Bearing producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime. Calciferouse epoch (Geol.), and epoch in the American lower Silurian system, immediately succeeding the Cambrian period. The name alludes to the peculiar mixture of calcareous and siliceous characteristics in many of the beds. See the Diagram under Grology.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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