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.
ALLOPATHISTS
Noun
allopathists
plural of allopathist
Source: Wiktionary
ALLOPATHIST
Al*lop"a*thist, n.
Definition: One who practices allopathy; one who professes allopathy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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