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.
LINCTURES
Noun
linctures
plural of lincture
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Source: Wiktionary
LINCTURE
Linc"ture, Linc"tus, n. Etym: [L. lingere, linctum, to lick.]
Definition: Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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