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.
MESIAL
mesial
(adjective) being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
mesial (not comparable)
(anatomy) Pertaining to the midline of the body.
(dentistry) Facing the side of a tooth which faces the middle of the jaw.
Antonyms
• (dentistry): distal
Anagrams
• Lamies, Maisel, Misael, Salemi, e-mails, emails, mesail, samiel
Source: Wiktionary
Me"sial, a. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)
Definition: Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane; internal; -- opposed to lateral. Mesial plane. (Anat.) See Meson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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