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.
DREAMERY
Etymology
Noun
dreamery (plural dreameries)
A place suited for dreaming.
Source: Wiktionary
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CONVULSIVE
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