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.
INFUSORY
Noun
infusory (plural infusories)
(zoology) One of the Infusoria.
Adjective
infusory (not comparable)
(zoology) infusorial
Source: Wiktionary
In*fu"so*ry, a. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Infusorial.
In*fu"so*ry, n.; pl. Infusories (. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Infusoria; -- usually in the pl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNINFORMATIVELY
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