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.
DISSEPIMENTS
Noun
dissepiments
plural of dissepiment
Source: Wiktionary
DISSEPIMENT
Dis*sep"i*ment, n. Etym: [L. dissaepimentum, fr. dissaepire; dis- + saepire to hedge in, inclose.]
1. A separating tissue; a partition; a septum.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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