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.
PREFIXIONS
Noun
prefixions
plural of prefixion
Source: Wiktionary
PREFIXION
Pre*fix"ion, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. prefixion.]
Definition: The act of prefixing. [R.] Bailey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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