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.
SINCIPUTS
Noun
sinciputs
plural of sinciput
Source: Wiktionary
SINCIPUT
Sin"ci*put, n. Etym: [L., half a head; semihalf + caput the head.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: The fore part of the head.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The part of the head of a bird between the base of the bill and the vertex.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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