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.
PSOAI
Noun
psoai
plural of psoas
Anagrams
• -opsia, opias
Source: Wiktionary
PSOAS
Pso"as, n. Etym: [Gr. psoas.] (Anat.)
Definition: An internal muscle arising from the lumbar vertebræ and inserted into the femur. In man there are usually two on each side, and the larger one, or great psoas, forms a part of the iliopsoas.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
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