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.
EXSUFFLATIONS
Noun
exsufflations
plural of exsufflation
Source: Wiktionary
EXSUFFLATION
Ex`suf*fla"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. exsufflatio.]
1. A blast from beneath. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. (Eccles.)
Definition: A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath. Jer. Taylor.
3. (Physiol.)
Definition: A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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