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.
LARVALIA
Lar*va"li*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Larval.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: An order of Tunicata, including Appendicularia, and allied genera; -- so called because certain larval features are retained by them through life. Called also Copelata. See Appendicularia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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