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.
TERETIAL
Te*re"tial, a. Etym: [See Terete.] (Anat.)
Definition: Rounded; as, the teretial tracts in the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain of some fishes. Owen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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