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.
TETRAGONS
Noun
tetragons
plural of tetragon
Source: Wiktionary
TETRAGON
Tet"ra*gon, n. Etym: [L. tetragonum, Gr. Tetra-) + tétragone.]
1. (Geom.)
Definition: A plane figure having four sides and angles; a quadrangle, as a square, a rhombus, etc.
2. (Astrol.)
Definition: An aspect of two planets with regard to the earth when they are distant from each other ninety degrees, or the fourth of a circle. Hutton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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