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.
PROTON
proton
(noun) a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
proton (plural protons)
(particle) A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark.
Synonyms
• p (symbolic)
Hypernyms
• baryon
• nucleon
Coordinate terms
• neutron
• electron
• deuteron
• triton
Anagrams
• Porton, pronto
Source: Wiktionary
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BEATIFY
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
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