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.
LEPIDOPTEROLOGY
lepidopterology, lepidoptery
(noun) the branch of entomology dealing with Lepidoptera
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lepidopterology (uncountable)
(biology, zoology, entomology) The scientific study of butterflies and moths (the Lepidoptera).
lepidoptery (the hobby of butterfly collecting)
Source: Wiktionary
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