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.
PECTINATIONS
Noun
pectinations
plural of pectination
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PECTINATION
Pec`ti*na"tion, n.
1. The state of being pectinated; that which is pectinated. Sir T. Browne.
2. The act of combing; the combing of the head.
3. (Nat. Hist.)
Definition: Comblike toothing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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