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.
ALGUM
Etymology
Noun
algum (uncountable)
(Bible) A tree or wood mentioned in the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11), possibly juniper or red sandalwood.
Anagrams
• almug, glaum, mulga
Source: Wiktionary
Al"gum, n.
Definition: Same as Almug (and etymologically preferable). 2 Chron. ii. 8.
Al"mug, Al"gum, n. Etym: [Heb., perh. borrowed fr. Skr. valguka sandalwood.] (Script.)
Definition: A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).
Note: Most writers at the present day follow Celsius, who takes it to be the red sandalwood of China and the Indian Archipelago. W. Smith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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