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.
ERGOTISMS
Noun
ergotisms
plural of ergotism
Source: Wiktionary
ERGOTISM
Er"go*tism, n. Etym: [F. ergotisme, fr. L. ergo.]
Definition: A logical deduction. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Er"got*ism, n. Etym: [From Ergot, n.; cf. F. ergotisme.] (Med.)
Definition: A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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