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.
STAPHYLORRHAPHY
Etymology
Noun
staphylorrhaphy (countable and uncountable, plural staphylorrhaphies)
The operation of uniting a cleft palate by paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft.
Source: Wiktionary
Staph`y*lor"a*phy, Staph`y*lor"rha*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. staphylorraphie.]
Definition: The operation of uniting a cleft palate, consisting in paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft.
– Staph`y*lo*raph"ic, Staph`y*lor*rhaph"ic, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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