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.
ABBA
Etymology 1
Noun
abba (plural abbas)
(Christianity, Judaism) Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.
Etymology 2
Variant forms.
Noun
abba (plural abbas)
Alternative form of aba
Anagrams
• AABB, abab, baba
Etymology
Noun
Abba (plural Abbas)
(Christianity) Father, an honorific title given to God in the New Testament, especially used in prayers. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
Anagrams
• AABB, abab, baba
Source: Wiktionary
Ab"ba, n. Etym: [Syriac abba father. See Abbot.]
Definition: Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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