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.
DUODENARY
Etymology
Adjective
duodenary (not comparable)
Twelvefold.
Of the twelfth order.
(obsolete) Duodecimal.
Source: Wiktionary
Du`o*den"a*ry, a. Etym: [L. duodenarius, fr. duodeni twelve each: cf. F. duodénaire.]
Definition: Containing twelve; twelvefold; increasing by twelves; duodecimal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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