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.
AMBULANCE
ambulance
(noun) a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ambulance (plural ambulances)
An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. [1854]
(military) A mobile field hospital. [1798]
(obsolete, US) A prairie wagon. [Late 19c.]
Verb
ambulance (third-person singular simple present ambulances, present participle ambulancing, simple past and past participle ambulanced)
(transitive) To transport by ambulance.
Source: Wiktionary
Am"bu*lance, n. Etym: [F. ambulance, hĂ´pital ambulant, fr. L. ambulare to walk. See Amble.] (Mil.) (a) A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively; as, an ambulance wagon; ambulance stretcher; ambulance corps. (b) An ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a hospital.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMUNICATIONS
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