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.
MDI
MDI, Markaz-ud-Dawa-wal-Irshad
(noun) a Sunni organization formed in 1989 and based in Pakistan; opposes missionary groups from the United States; has Lashkar-e-Tayyiba as its armed wing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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INDWELLING
(adjective) existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle; “an indwelling divinity”; “an indwelling goodness”
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