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.
HOPLITE
Etymology
Noun
hoplite (plural hoplites)
(historical) A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece, wielding a one-handed spear and an aspis.
Source: Wiktionary
Hop"lite, n. Etym: [Gr. hoplite.] (Gr. Antiq.)
Definition: A heavy-armed infantry soldier. Milford.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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