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.
MONOTREMATOUS
Etymology
Adjective
monotrematous (not comparable)
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Monotremata.
Source: Wiktionary
Mon`o*trem"a*tous, a. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the Monotremata.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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