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.
APOLLOS
Etymology 1
From Apollo + -s.
Proper noun
Apollos
plural of Apollo
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Apollos
A figure of the early Christian church, mentioned in the Book of Acts and the First Epistle to the Corinthians.
Anagrams
• palolos
Noun
apollos
plural of apollo
Anagrams
• palolos
Source: Wiktionary
APOLLO
A*pol"lo, n. Etym: [L. Apollo, -linis, Gr. (Classic Myth.)
Definition: A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the "sun god"), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also Phébus. The Apollo Belvedere, a celebrated statue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed of the noblest representations of the human frame.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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