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.
ABSOLUTISTS
Noun
absolutists
plural of absolutist
Source: Wiktionary
ABSOLUTIST
Ab"so*lu`tist, n.
1. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
2. (Metaph.)
Definition: One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute. Sir. W. Hamilton.
Ab"so*lu`tist, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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