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.
PRAEDIAL
Etymology
Adjective
praedial (comparative more praedial, superlative most praedial)
Of or pertaining to land or its products.
Coming from or the occupation of land.
Attached to the land (of slavery etc.); having to work on the land or an estate; deriving from the land.
Source: Wiktionary
Præ"di*al, a.
Definition: See Predial.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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