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.
PROSTOMIA
Noun
prostomia
plural of prostomium
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• spiroatom, troposmia
Source: Wiktionary
PROSTOMIUM
Pro*sto"mi*um, n.; pl. Prostomia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: That portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth.
– Pro*sto"mi*al, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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