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.
ZOOLOGIES
Noun
zoologies
plural of zoology
Anagrams
• zoologise
Source: Wiktionary
ZOOLOGY
Zo*öl"o*gy, n.; pl. Zoölogies. Etym: [Zoö- + -logy: cf. F. zoologie. See Zodiac.]
1. That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.
2. A treatise on this science.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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