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.
TECTRICES
Noun
tectrices
plural of tectrix
Source: Wiktionary
Tec"tri*ces, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. tegere, tectum, to cover.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The wing coverts of a bird. See Covert, and Illust. of Bird.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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