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.
EXSTROPHIES
Noun
exstrophies
plural of exstrophy
Source: Wiktionary
EXSTROPHY
Ex"stro*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Definition: The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface; as, exstrophy of the eyelid or of the bladder.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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