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.
GYRUSES
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gyruses
plural of gyrus
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GYRUS
Gy"rus, n.; pl. Gyri. Etym: [L. See Gyre, n.]
Definition: A convoluted ridge between grooves; a convolution; as, the gyri of the brain; the gyri of brain coral. See Brain.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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