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.
CATARRHINES
Noun
catarrhines
plural of catarrhine
Source: Wiktionary
CATARRHINE
Cat"ar*rhine, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Catarrhina, a division of Quadrumana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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