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.
ONIUM
Etymology 1
Noun
onium (plural oniums)
(chemistry) any cation derived by the addition of a proton to the hydride of any element of the nitrogen, chalcogen or halogen families
(chemistry) any organic derivative of these compounds
Etymology 2
Noun
onium (plural onia)
(physics) the bound pair of a particle and its antiparticle
Source: Wiktionary
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