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.
AILMENTS
Noun
ailments
plural of ailment
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• Simental, aliments, manliest, melanist, mentalis, salt mine, saltmine, smaltine, talismen
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AILMENT
Ail"ment, n.
Definition: Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases. "Little ailments." Landsdowne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TWIST
(verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; “Don’t twist my words”
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