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.
AMBITS
Noun
ambits
plural of ambit
Source: Wiktionary
AMBIT
Am"bit, n. Etym: [L. ambitus circuit, fr. ambire to go around. See Ambient.]
Definition: Circuit or compass. His great parts did not live within a small ambit. Milward.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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