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.
DYNAMOELECTRIC
Adjective
dynamoelectric (not comparable)
(physics) Of or pertaining to the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy.
Anagrams
• electrodynamic
Source: Wiktionary
Dy`na*mo-e*lec"tric, a. Etym: [Gr. electric. See Dynamic.]
Definition: Pertaining to the development of electricity, especially electrical currents, by power; producing electricity or electrical currents by mechanical power.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MONASTICISM
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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