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.
LITHOPHANE
Etymology
Noun
lithophane (plural lithophanes)
A style of European porcelain in which the figures are seen by transmitted light
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• anthophile
Source: Wiktionary
Lith`o*phane, n. Etym: [Litho- + Gr.
Definition: Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by transmitted light, -- as when hung in a window, or used as a lamp shade.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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