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.
EPISTYLE
Etymology
Noun
epistyle (plural epistyles)
(architecture, historical) A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; an architrave.
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Ep"i*style, n. Etym: [L. epistylium, Gr. épistyle.] (Anc. Arch.)
Definition: A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; -- now called architrave.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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