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.
CARNASSIALS
Noun
carnassials
plural of carnassial
Source: Wiktionary
CARNASSIAL
Car*nas"si*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. carnassier carnivorous, and L. caro, carnis, flesh.] (Anat.)
Definition: Adapted to eating flesh.
– n.
Definition: A carnassial tooth; especially, the last premolar in many carnivores.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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