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.
CHONDRIFIED
CHONDRIFY
chondrify
(verb) turn into cartilage; “The tissue chondrifies”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
chondrified
simple past tense and past participle of chondrify
Source: Wiktionary
CHONDRIFY
Chon"dri*fy, v. t. & i. Etym: [Gr. -fy.]
Definition: To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THEORETICAL
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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