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.
CYMATIA
CYMATIUM
cyma, cymatium
(noun) (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
cymatia
plural of cymatium
Source: Wiktionary
CYMATIUM
Cy*ma"ti*um (s-m"sh-m), n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Arch.)
Definition: A capping or crowning molding in classic architecture.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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