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.
SEMIDOME
Etymology
Noun
semidome (plural semidomes)
(architecture) Half of a dome ("cut" vertically), used to cover a semicircular area.
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Source: Wiktionary
Sem"i*dome`, n. (Arch.)
Definition: A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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