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.
VOMITORY
vomitory
(noun) an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vomitory (plural vomitories)
The entrance into a theater or other large public venue, where masses of people are disgorged into the stands; a vomitorium
Synonym: vomitorium
(pharmaceutical drug) A substance that induces vomiting; an emetic
Synonyms: emetic, vomitive
Adjective
vomitory (comparative more vomitory, superlative most vomitory)
(medicine, pharmaceutical effect) Inducing vomiting; emetic
Synonyms
• vomitive
Source: Wiktionary
Vom"i*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. vomitorious.]
Definition: Causing vomiting; emetic; vomitive.
Vom"i*to*ry, n.; pl. Vomitories (.
1. An emetic; a vomit. Harvey.
2. Etym: [L. vomitorium.] (Arch.)
Definition: A principal door of a large ancient building, as of an amphitheater. Sixty-four vomitories . . . poured forth the immense multitude. Gibbon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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