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.
Ectoprocta, phylum Ectoprocta
(noun) coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Ec`to*proc"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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.