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.
ENCHORIAL
Etymology
Adjective
enchorial (not comparable)
Indigenous, native.
Of, relating to, or written in the vulgar form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
Synonyms
• (indigenous): autochthonous, indigenous, native
• (of the vulgar form of hieratic writing): demotic, enchoric
Source: Wiktionary
En*cho"ri*al, En*chor"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; -- said especially of the written characters employed by the common people of ancient Egypt, in distinction from the hieroglyphics. See Demotic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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