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.
PUTREFACTIONS
Noun
putrefactions
plural of putrefaction
Source: Wiktionary
PUTREFACTION
Pu`tre*fac"tion, n. Etym: [L. putrefactio: cf. F. putréfaction. See Putrefy.]
1. The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter.
Note: Putrefaction is a complex phenomenon involving a multiplicity of chemical reactions, always accompanied by, and without doubt caused by, bacteria and vibriones; hence, putrefaction is a form of fermentation, and is sometimes called putrefaction fermentative. Putrefaction is not possible under conditions that preclude the development of living organisms. Many of the products of putrefaction are powerful poisons, and are called cadaveric poisons, or ptomaïnes.
2. The condition of being putrefied; also, that which putrefied. "Putrefaction's breath." Shelley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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