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.
ABSEILER
abseiler, rappeller
(noun) a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
abseiler (plural abseilers)
Someone who abseils.
Source: Wiktionary
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THEORETICAL
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