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.
PINITES
Noun
pinites
plural of pinite
Anagrams
• inspite, penitis, piniest, tie pins, tiepins
Source: Wiktionary
PINITE
Pin"ite, n. Etym: [So called from Pini, a mine in Saxony.] (Min.)
Definition: A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, as iolite.
Pi"nite, n. Etym: [L. pinus the pine tree.]
1. (Paleon.) Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the Pine family.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (Pinus Lambertina). It is isomeric with, and resembles, quercite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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