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.
LEMMATA
LEMMA
lemma
(noun) the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry
lemma
(noun) a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition
lemma, flowering glume
(noun) the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lemmata
plural of lemma
Source: Wiktionary
LEMMA
Lem"ma, n.; pl. L. Lemmata, E. Lemmas. Etym: [L. lemma, Gr. Syllable.]
Definition: A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of some other proposition, as in mathematics or logic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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