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.
EMPYREUMA
Etymology
Noun
empyreuma (plural empyreumas or empyreumata)
(obsolete, chemistry) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.
Source: Wiktionary
Em`py*reu"ma, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. empyreume. See Empyreal.] (Chem.)
Definition: The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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