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.
OKEN
Oken, Lorenz Oken, Okenfuss, Lorenz Okenfuss
(noun) German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living ‘infusoria’ led to the cell theory (1779-1851)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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