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.
ZODIACAL
zodiacal
(adjective) relating to or included in the zodiac; “zodiacal constellations”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
zodiacal (comparative more zodiacal, superlative most zodiacal)
(astronomy, astrology) Of or pertaining to the zodiac.
Source: Wiktionary
Zo*di"a*cal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. zodiacal.] (Astron.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the zodiac; situated within the zodiac; as, the zodiacal planets. Zodiacal light, a luminous tract of the sky, of an elongated, triangular figure, lying near the ecliptic, its base being on the horizon, and its apex at varying altitudes. It is to be seen only in the evening, after twilight, and in the morning before dawn. It is supposed to be due to sunlight reflected from multitudes of meteoroids revolving about the sun nearly in the plane of the ecliptic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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