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.
PYROGNOSTICS
Noun
pyrognostics (uncountable)
(dated) The characteristics of a substance, especially of a mineral or metal salt, that are revealed by heat, especially by the use of a blowpipe and a charcoal block.
Source: Wiktionary
Pyr`og*nos"tics, n. pl. (Min.)
Definition: The characters of a mineral observed by the use of the blowpipe, as the degree of fusibility, flame coloration, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CONSCIENTIOUS
(adjective) guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong; “a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice”
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