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.
ENDOGENY
endogeny
(noun) a geological phenomenon below the surface of the earth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
endogeny (countable and uncountable, plural endogenies)
Growth from within.
Source: Wiktionary
En*dog"e*ny, n. Etym: [See Endogenesis.] (Biol.)
Definition: Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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