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.
ENDOGAMIC
endogamous, endogamic
(adjective) pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe
endogamous, endogamic
(adjective) characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
endogamic (not comparable)
endogamous
Source: Wiktionary
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IMMOBILIZATION
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
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