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.
NONAGESIMAL
Noun
nonagesimal (plural nonagesimals)
(astronomy) The middle to highest point of a part of an ecliptic that is above the horizon at any period of time.
Adjective
nonagesimal (not comparable)
Of or relating to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal.
Source: Wiktionary
Non`a*ges"i*mal, a. Etym: [L. nonagesimus the ninetieth. See Nonagenarian.] (Astron.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal.
Non`a*ges"i*mal, n. (Astron.)
Definition: The middle or highest point of the part of the ecliptic which is at any given moment above the horizon. It is the ninetieth degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from the points in which it is intersected by the horizon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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