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.
PLACEBOS
Noun
placebos
plural of placebo
Source: Wiktionary
PLACEBO
Pla*ce"bo, n. Etym: [L., I shall please, fut. of placere to please.]
1. (R. C. Ch.)
Definition: The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A prescription intended to humor or satisfy. To sing placebo, to agree with one in his opinion; to be complaisant to. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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