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.
JYNX
Jynx, genus Jynx
(noun) wrynecks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
jynx (plural jynges)
A bird, the wryneck, once thought a bird of ill omen (Jynx torquilla).
(transferred sense) A charm or spell.
Synonym: jinx
The name of an order of spiritual intelligences in ancient “Chaldaic” philosophy.
Source: Wiktionary
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