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.
MILLERITE
millerite
(noun) a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor source of nickel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
Millerite (plural Millerites)
(Christianity) One who followed the calculations of William Miller or his followers that the world would end on October 22, 1844; when it did not, the Great Disappointment occurred. The subsequent denominations his movement spawned include the Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses and the (Campbellite) Restorationists.
A resident of any community known as Miller; often specifically a resident of Miller Beach, in Gary, Indiana
Etymology
Noun
millerite (plural millerites)
(geology) A nickel sulfide mineral, NiS, that occurs as hairlike tufts
Source: Wiktionary
Mil"ler*ite, n.
Definition: A believer in the doctrine of William Miller (d. 1849), who taught that the end of the world and the second coming of Christ were at hand.
Mil"ler*ite, n. Etym: [From W. H. Miller, of Cambridge, Eng.] (Min.)
Definition: A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow; -- sometimes called hair pyrites.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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